"The Newbery Award-winning author of The Crossover pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree"--

Presents a collection of three powerful poems that take on racism and Black resistance in America.

"Out of gratitude for the joys of poetry, Newbery Medal-winning author and poet Kwame Alexander is joined by Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth in paying lyrical homage to twenty famed poets, selected for having made their hearts sing and their minds wonder. Rich and colorful mixed-media images by Ekua Holmes, winner of a Caldecott Honor and the John Steptoe New Talent Award, complete the celebration and invite the reader to listen, wonder, and...

Kwame Alexander shares snapshots of a man learning how to love. He takes us through stories of his parents: from being awkward newlyweds in the sticky Chicago summer of 1967, to the sometimes-confusing ways they showed their love to each other, and for him. Alexander attempts to deal with the unraveling of his marriage and the grief of his mother's recent passing while sharing the solace he found in learning how to perfect her famous fried chicken...

Suggests a method of reading that begins with planting oneself beneath a tree and leads to a book party one hopes will never end.

You gotta know the rules to play the game. Ball is life. Take it to the hoop. Soar. What can we imagine for our lives? What if we were the star players, moving and grooving through the game of life? What if we had our own rules of the game to help us get what we want, what we aspire to, what will enrich our lives? Illustrated with photographs by Thai Neave, The Playbook is intended to provide inspiration on the court of life. Each rule containswisdom...

Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.