So I have this mantra that I believe: Books are like amusement parks, and sometimes you gotta let kids choose the rides. I like to think if you can find a book that offers entertainment and inspiration, I think that you can find a way to empower kids through those books. She wants to be on the iPad, or she wants to watch Netflix, and I get it. "I have an 8-year-old daughter, and I deal with that all the time.
On ways to get kids excited about reading That's the work, and that makes it all worth it." Seeing that kind of response, seeing the life-changing impact of words on a kid. Winning the awards, making a best-sellers list, are things that are life-changing for me. I was a rock star for that moment, and the kids were just electrified by the fact that the author of their favorite book was literally right in front of them. "It was like I was Lenny Kravitz or something. And when he came out of class, I just began to recite the poem." And it was a really touching letter - so touching that I decided I was gonna to show up at his school and surprise him. It's a letter from a 12-year-old boy who's in eighth grade.' And he's telling me how much he enjoyed reading 'The Crossover,' and how he had never read a book until he read mine. "So I wrote this book called 'The Crossover,' and I was in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, doing a book signing for the new book, 'The Playbook.' And so after the signing, this woman comes up to me, and she says, 'Mr. On surprising a young fan whose first read was "The Crossover" Scroll down to read an excerpt from "The Crossover".Find more great reads on the Here & Now bookshelf.Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with author Kwame Alexander ( about his books " The Crossover" and " The Playbook," and inspiring children to read. So how do you make reading something kids want to do, instead of it feeling like summer homework? The challenge of getting children to read over the summer has long been an issue. Kwame Alexander (Courtesy Portia Wiggins) This article is more than 5 years old.
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