From the Harford County Public Library:
Kwame Alexander, author of several popular children and teen books, spoke to more than 50 guests at the Aberdeen Library on June 15. Alexander has written for all age groups and received the NAACP Image Award Nomination for Outstanding Children’s Literature.
During his program at the Aberdeen Library, Alexander read from his books Indigo Blume and the Garden City and Acoustic Rooster as well as a book of poetry that he wrote for teens called Crush. He shared with the crowd the details of his recent travels to Ghana where he is working with a group to promote literacy in a small community. Alexander also encouraged middle school and high school students in the audience to be inspired to write, a cause that he is passionate about as the founding director of Book-in-a-Day, a literacy program that teaches and inspires youth in writing and publishing.
Harford County Public Library was able to offer this special program thanks to a donation from the Harford county Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
What a refreshing, positive article…an inspiration for all writers and readers as well. Kudos to the Harford County Public Library for initiating and promoting events such as this…
I really appreciate his work in these two remote third world villages full of illiterate people: a small community in Ghana and then Aberdeen. It is nice when someone can recognize that a place could desperately use literacy and education to improve conditions, then take additional steps to make it happen.