https://padlet.com/mrs230/8qwo7q5pckmo Made with a wish on a star en-us 2018-12-20 15:35:42 UTC 2025-04-25 15:59:09 UTC hello@padlet.com mrs230 https://padlet.com/mrs230/8qwo7q5pckmo/wish/316195723 Kwame Alexander said he first writing poems at age 12 where he wrote a poem for his mother for mother's day. From that point on he decided he wanted to be a poet, and when he was in college, he wrote a poem for a girl he like who later became his wife! He attended college at Virginia Tech.]]> 2018-12-20 15:44:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mrs230/8qwo7q5pckmo/wish/316195723 mrs230 https://padlet.com/mrs230/8qwo7q5pckmo/wish/316200798 Kwame Alexander has published 28 books, but he says he has written too many books to count. Some awards he received are the 2015 John Newbery Medal, the NCTE Charlotte Huck Honor, the Paterson Poetry Prize, the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, and the Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor, to name a few. He is also a New York Times best selling author. His hit "THE CROSSOVER" has a prequel called "REBOUND" where it describes the earlier childhood of Jordan and Josh Bell's father Chuck.]]> 2018-12-20 15:58:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mrs230/8qwo7q5pckmo/wish/316200798 mrs230 https://padlet.com/mrs230/8qwo7q5pckmo/wish/316205347 "THE CROSSOVER" was inspired to write this hit because he simply wanted to write a book about sports, family, friendship, and the first crush, all things he thought of when he was 12. ]]> 2018-12-20 16:11:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mrs230/8qwo7q5pckmo/wish/316205347 mrs230 https://padlet.com/mrs230/8qwo7q5pckmo/wish/317552421 "REBOUND" is the prelude to Kwame Alexander's book "THE CROSSOVER." In this book the story take place in Chuck Bell's childhood, the father of Jordan and Josh Bell, the main characters in "THE CROSSOVER." This book shows how Chuck Bell became a Jazz worshiping, basketball star his sons look up to.]]> 2019-01-05 01:00:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mrs230/8qwo7q5pckmo/wish/317552421 mrs230 https://padlet.com/mrs230/8qwo7q5pckmo/wish/317552836 1. Kwame's favorite sports are tennis and basketball.
2. Everyone in his family is an artist of some kind.
3. Kwame went to 13 different schools!
4. Kwame's favorite color is blueberry.
5. Kwame has read poetry on 5 different continents, North America, Europe, South America, Africa, and Asia. ]]> 2019-01-05 01:10:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mrs230/8qwo7q5pckmo/wish/317552836 mrs230 https://padlet.com/mrs230/8qwo7q5pckmo/wish/317553235 Twitter: @Kwamealexander
Instagram: @Kwamealexander
Facebook: @Kwame Alexander]]> 2019-01-05 01:20:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mrs230/8qwo7q5pckmo/wish/317553235 mrs230 https://padlet.com/mrs230/8qwo7q5pckmo/wish/317553710 Kwame reading an excerpt from "THE CROSSOVER" and giving more detail on one poem in the book.]]> 2019-01-05 01:31:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mrs230/8qwo7q5pckmo/wish/317553710