Books on Film: Kwame Alexander on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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This was so fun to watch.
Newbery Medal winner (and, I must say, INCREDIBLE photograph poser) Kwame Alexander was recently on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and it’s just an amazing appearance.
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Fresh off his Emmy win for The Crossover television series, Alexander talked about how he’s been going all Flat Stanley with the award – bringing it all over the globe – before talking poetry with a very receptive Colbert.
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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