Length5m
About this audiobook
2020 Audie Awards® Finalist - Young Reader
Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander narrates the audiobook version of his How to Read a Book, a poetic journey about the experience of reading.
Find a tree—a
black tupelo or
dawn redwood will do—and
plant yourself.
(It’s okay if you prefer a stoop, like Langston Hughes.)
With these words, an adventure begins. Kwame Alexander’s evocative poetry takes listeners on a sensory journey between the pages of a book.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.1 (4.4K)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon, StoryGraph, LibraryThing
GenreChildren's Literature
Length5 mins
Narrated byKwame Alexander
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJun 18, 2019
LanguageEnglish
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