How to Sing a Song
By (Author) Kwame Alexander
Illustrated by Melissa Sweet
By (author) Randy Preston
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Quill Tree Books
5th February 2025
21st November 2024
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage: Poetry
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Music and musicians
Educational: First / native language: Readers and reading schemes
Hardback
32
Width 216mm, Height 254mm
381g
This third book by the team that created the New York Times bestselling How to Read a Book and How to Write a Poem celebrates the magic of listening to the song that echoes inside you, and letting your music ring out.
Hush.
Now, turn up your ears
and listen
to the concert happening
all around you.
As this quiet overture builds to a full symphony, Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander and singer-songwriter Randy Preston conduct a melody of a poem. Colorful notes are played by Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweets distinctive artwork.
Surrounded by natures chorus and guided by words that vibrate like thunder, let the groove lead you on, until you cant help but sing out from your soul!
How to Read a Book was an American Library Association Notable Book and was named a best book of the year by School Library Journal, Kirkus, and The Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books. How to Write a Poem was a New York Times Best Illustrated Book and a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year.
Kwame Alexander is the New York Times Bestselling author of 32 books, including The Undefeated; How to Read a Book; Solo; Swing; Rebound, which was shortlisted for prestigious Carnegie Medal; and his Newbery medal-winning middle grade novel, The Crossover. He's also the founding editor of Versify, an imprint that aims to Change the World One Word at a Time. Visit him at KwameAlexander.com Melissa Sweet is one of Australia's most respected specialist health journalists, and has been covering health and medical issues for over 15 years. She is a columnist and feature writer with The Bulletin and Australian Doctor magazines. She has also published widely in medical literature, with articles appearing in the British Medical Journal, The Medical Journal of Australia, and Australian Prescriber. Previously, Sweet has worked for the Sydney Morning Herald and Australian Associated Press. This is her third book.