Kwame Alexander brings stories to life, inspiring young readers through poetry and storytelling. Kwame Alexander, a Chesapeake native and award-winning author, believes books are like amusement parks ...

In 2010, poet and novelist Kwame Alexander faced a challenge that is familiar to parents everywhere. His younger daughter, a year old, wouldn’t stop wailing. Lullabies failed. Rocking didn’t help, nor ...

Mine came flooding back as I read Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud’s “The Cartoonists Club” and Jerry Craft and Kwame Alexander’s “J vs. K.” By James Sturm James Sturm is the director of the Center ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Kwame Alexander used a very valuable lesson he learned when seeing his novel, The Crossover, turned into a project for Disney+ when working on his new PBS Kids offering ...