How to Read a Book - by Kwame Alexander (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Newbery Medalist Alexander and Caldecott Honoree Sweet take youngsters on a poetic and sensory journey between the pages of a book in this picture book featuring a gatefold page. Full color.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>A stunning new picture book from Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander and Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet! This <em>New York Times</em> bestselling duo has teamed up for the first time to bring you <em>How to Read a Book</em>, a poetic and beautiful journey about the experience of reading.</strong></p><p><em>Find a tree--a</em></p><p><em>black tupelo or</em></p><p><em>dawn redwood will do--and</em></p><p><em>plant yourself.</em></p><p><em>(It's okay if you prefer a stoop, like Langston Hughes.)</em></p><p>With these words, an adventure begins. Kwame Alexander's evocative poetry and Melissa Sweet's lush artwork come together to take readers on a sensory journey between the pages of a book.</p><p><em>How to Read a Book</em> has received three starred reviews!</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>FIRST, FIND A TREE - A BLACK TUPELO OR DAWN REDWOOD WILL DO - AND PLANT YOURSELF.</p><p>IT'S OKAY IF YOU PREFER A STOOP. LIKE LANSTON HUGHES.</p><p>With these words, an adventure begins--an adventure into the world of reading. Kwame Alexander's evocative poetry and Melissa Sweet's lush artwork come together to take you on a sensory journey between the pages of a book.</p><p>NOW, SLEEP. DREAM. HOPE.</p><p>(YOU NEVER REACH)<br/>THE END</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>★ "A linguistic and visual feast."--<em>Kirkus Reviews </em><strong>(starred review)</strong><br><br>"[This] love poem to literacy conjures up startling, luscious images...By turns dreamy and ecstatic."--<em>Publishers Weekly</em><br><br>★ "[An] engaging and mesmerizing ode to reading...delightful and appealing."--ALA <em>Booklist </em><strong>(starred review)</strong><br><br>★ "Readers who will want to head right back to the beginning and soak in this lovingly rendered testimonial more than once...Sweet's distinctive hand-lettered text, which itself becomes another part of the artwork, is a perfect complement to Alexander's prose."--BookPage (starred review)<br><br>"This is a party for a select (but hopefully large) list of like-minded young literati, who know how to 'squeeze every morsel of each plump line until the last drop of magic drips from the infinite sky' and revel in their fandom."--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books<br><br>★ "A beautiful book not to be rushed through, but to be enjoyed morsel by tasty morsel."--School Library Journal <strong>(starred review)</strong><br>
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