How to Read a Book

A stunning new picture book from Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander and Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet! This New York Times bestselling duo has teamed up for the first time to bring you How to Read a Book , a poetic and beautiful journey about the experience of reading. Find a tree--a black tupelo or dawn redwood will do--and plant yourself. (It''s okay if you prefer a stoop, like Langston Hughes.) With these words, an adventure begins. Kwame Alexander''s evocative poetry and Melissa Sweet''s lush artwork come together to take readers on a sensory journey between the pages of a book. How to Read a Book has received three starred reviews!

About the author

Kwame Alexander is a poet, an educator, and the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty-five books, including his Newbery Medal–winning middle grade novel The Crossover. Some of his other works include Booked, which was longlisted for the National Book Award; The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life; Swing; the picture books How to Read a Book and How to Write a Poem (coauthored with Deanna Nikaido), both illustrated by Melissa Sweet; and The Undefeated, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, which was longlisted for the National Book Award and won the Caldecott Medal, a Newbery Honor, and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award. He is a regular contributor to NPR’s Morning Edition, currently serving as their poet ambassador. He lives in Virginia with his family. Visit his website at kwamealexander.com. 
Melissa Sweet has illustrated more than one hundred books, including Kwame Alexander’s How to Read a Book and How to Write a Poem, and has written and illustrated her own work. Her work has been featured in magazines, on greeting cards, and on living room walls. Melissa has received the Caldecott Honor Medal twice, among many other awards, including the Sibert Award, and is a New York Times bestselling author and artist. Melissa lives in Maine. You can visit her at melissasweet.net.

Product details

• Authors: Kwame Alexander, Alexander Kwame
• Assisted by: Melissa Sweet (Illustration)
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 8
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780062307811
• ISBN: 978-0-06-230781-1
• No. of pages: 32
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Story books, fairytales, sagas, rhymes, songs; Children’s picture books, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Boys and men, Children’s / Teenage: Poetry, Picture storybooks: imagination and play, Early years: the body and the senses, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Stories in verse, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Short stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Poetry, JUVENILE FICTION: Humorous Stories, JUVENILE FICTION: Readers / Beginner, JUVENILE FICTION: Readers / Chapter Books, JUVENILE FICTION: Boys & Men, JUVENILE FICTION: Imagination & Play, JUVENILE FICTION: Poetry (see also Stories in Verse) *, JUVENILE FICTION: Short Stories, JUVENILE FICTION: Readers / Intermediate