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Kwame Alexander — bibliography and upcoming releases | Parutio

Kwame Alexander

78 workspublishing since 1994

Upcoming

1 release

Operation blowoutHardcover · Paperback · L B Ink / Little, Brown and Company
Upcoming2027

Published

77 works · 1994–2026

2026

ReleasedJul 14
The Write Thing: Kwame Alexander’s Guide for Inspiring Student Writers, Second EditionPaperback
ReleasedFeb 3
The Mighty MacyHardcover · Paperback
KumbayaPaperback
Money talksHardcover · Paperback
When everyone reads: Kwame Alexander's guide to inspiring a lifelong love of booksPaperback
write thing: Kame Alexander's guide for inspiring student writersPaperback

2025

ReleasedApr 29
Say Yes Find Your Passion, Unleash Your Potential, and Transform Your LifePaperback
ReleasedApr 29
Say yes: find your passion, unleash your potential, transform your life!Hardcover
ReleasedApr
Acoustic Rooster sings the alphabetPaperback
ReleasedApr

18 releases abroad, with no edition in your reading language.

Acoustic Rooster and friendsPaperback

ReleasedJan 14

How Sweet the SoundHardcover · Paperback

J vs. KHardcover · Paperback

2024

ReleasedDec 11
Black Star (Door of No Return; Thorndike Press Youth Large Print Middle Reader, 2)Paperback
Black starHardcover · Paperback · Ebook
ReleasedJan
This Is the HoneyHardcover · Paperback
How to sing a songHardcover

2023

ReleasedFeb 2
Unspoken: talking about slaveryHardcover · Paperback
ReleasedJan 3
American StoryPaperback
Why Fathers Cry at NightHardcover · Paperback · Audio
An American storyHardcover · Paperback
The Crossover Tie-In EditionPaperback
How to write a poemHardcover · Paperback

2022

ReleasedDec 13
The Crossover (The Crossover Series, Book 1)Audio
ReleasedSep 27
Door of No ReturnHardcover · Paperback
ReleasedJul 12
Booked (Graphic Novel)Hardcover · Ebook
The door of no returnHardcover · Paperback · Ebook · Audio

2021

ReleasedDec 7
Out of Wonder: Celebrating Poets and PoetryPaperback
ReleasedSep 28
The Crossover Series 3-Book Paperback Box Set The Crossover, Booked, ReboundPaperback
ReleasedSep 28
The Crossover Series 3-Book Collection The Crossover, Booked, ReboundEbook
The Crossover Series 3 Books Collection Set by Kwame Alexander (The Crossover, Booked & Rebound)Paperback

2020

ReleasedNov 3
Kwame Alexander's Free Write A Poetry NotebookHardcover
ReleasedSep 29
Ghostwriter Series Book Set Mystery Books for KidsHardcover
AcePaperback
Light for the world to seeHardcover · Paperback · Ebook · Audio
Acoustic Rooster's Barnyard Boogie starring Indigo BlumeHardcover · Paperback · Ebook
Becoming Muhammad AliHardcover

2019

ReleasedOct 1
Kwame Alexander Book 3Paperback
ReleasedSep 24
The crossover: a basketball novelEbook
ReleasedJun 18
How to read a bookHardcover · Paperback
ReleasedApr 2
UndefeatedPaperback
I remember: poems and pictures of heritageHardcover

2018

ReboundHardcover · Paperback · Ebook · Audio
Write Thing: Kwame Alexander Engages Students in Writing WorkshopPaperback
The Write Thing: Kwame Alexander Engages Students in Writing WorkshopPaperback · Ebook
The undefeatedHardcover · Paperback · Ebook
SwingHardcover · Paperback · Ebook · Audio

2017

ReleasedJan 3
Flying Lessons & Other StoriesHardcover · Paperback
The Playbook 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in this Game Called LifeHardcover · Paperback · Ebook · Audio
Animal ArkHardcover · Paperback
Out of Wonder Poems Celebrating PoetsHardcover · Paperback · Ebook · Audio
SoloHardcover · Paperback · Ebook · Audio
Photo Ark: celebrating our wild world in poetry and picturesHardcover

2016

Surf's upHardcover · Paperback
BookedHardcover · Paperback · Ebook · Audio
Kwame Alexander's Page-to-Stage Writing Workshop Awakening the Writer, Publisher, and Presenter in Every K-8 StudentMass-market

2014

ReleasedMay 9
Little Boys SoarPaperback
The crossoverHardcover · Paperback · Ebook · Audio
ReleasedJan 1
CrossoverHardcover · Paperback · Ebook

2013

He Said, She SaidHardcover · Paperback · Ebook · Audio

2012

ReleasedJul 15
Dancing Naked on the Floor And Other Selected PoemsPaperback

2011

Acoustic Rooster and his barnyard bandPaperback · Ebook
ReleasedJan 1
Do the Write Thing: Seven Steps to Publishing SuccessPaperback

2010

ReleasedNov 6
Indigo Blume and the Garden CityPaperback

2009

And then you knowHardcover · Paperback
An American PoemPaperback
Purple Converse The Essence of High SchoolPaperback

2007

ReleasedOct
Family Pictures Poems and Photographs Celebrating Our Loved OnesPaperback
Crush: love poemsPaperback

2005

Dancing Naked on the Floor PoemsHardcover · Paperback

2002

ReleasedJun 25
Do the Write Thing Journal for WritersPaperback
Do the write thing: 7 steps to publishing successPaperback

2000

Kupenda Love PoemsHardcover · Paperback

1997

Just Us: Poems and Counterpoems 1986-1995Paperback

1996

ReleasedDec 1
Tough Love: Cultural Criticism & Familial Observations on the life and death of Tupac Shakur (Black Words Series)Paperback
ReleasedFeb
Kupenda Black Love PoemsPaperback

1994

The Flow New Black Poetry in MotionHardcover

Date to be confirmed

The Crossover: Library Edition (Crossover, 1)Audio