Poet and author Kwame Alexander won the highest award yesterday for children’s literature, the Newbery Medal. It’s for his novel The Crossover, about a pair of 12-year-old, African-American, ...

The musical adaptation of Kwame Alexander's Newbery medal-winning novel, The Crossover, is officially underway. The creative team - which includes one of the stars from the original Hamilton cast as ...

Middle school students at Roosevelt Children’s Academy were treated to a special lesson about life and literature last month when they were visited by an award-winning author. Kwame Alexander, author ...

The Herndon Children’s Book Festival, by A Thousand Stories, was held at Arts Herndon on Saturday, Oct. 19. It featured 15 authors and their books on two stages, including event headliner Kwame ...

First Book is teaming up with Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander and his new nonprofit, One Word at a Time, to host a nationwide Literacy Pep Rally. Taking place virtually on September 16 at 1 p.m. ET, ...