Join us for an evening of inspiration and conversation with bestselling and award-winning children&rsquo\;s and youn g adult author and poet\, Kwame Alexander\, author of the Newbery Award wi nning book\, The Crossover\, Newbery Honor/Caldecott Medal winning book\, The Undefeated\, The Door of No Return\, and most recently\, An American S tory\, for an Illinois Libraries Present event for young people and their families.
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Kwame Alexander Kwame Ale
xander is a poet\, educator\, publisher\, and New York Times Bestselling a
uthor of 36 books\, including Swing\, Becoming Muhammad Ali\, co-authored
with James Patterson\, Rebound\, The Undefeated\, The Crossover\, and The
Door of No Return. A regular contributor to NPR's Morning Edition\, Kwame
is the recipient of numerous awards\, including The Lee Bennett Hopkins Po
etry Award\, The Coretta Scott King Author Honor\, Three NAACP Image Award
Nominations\, and the 2017 Inaugural Pat Conroy Legacy Award. In 2018\, h
e opened the Barbara E. Alexander Memorial Library and Health Clinic in Gh
ana\, as a part of LEAP for Ghana\, an international literacy program he c
o-founded. He is the writer and executive producer of The Crossover show o
n Disney+.
This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Prese nt\, a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering premier eve nts. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Librar y\, a department of the Office of Secretary of State\, using funds provide d by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services\, under the provisi ons of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). ILP is committed to inclusion and accessibility. To request accommodations\, please email ill inoislibrariespresent@gmail.com
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