Kwame Alexander, illus. by Daniel Miyares. NorthSouth (IPS, dist.), $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7358-4220-5 “You’d rather read a book than go to the beach?” A surfer frog named Dude can’t ...

Writer and poet Kwame Alexander is the showrunner for "The Crossover," the Emmy-winning TV series based on his children's book of the same name. He is also the editor of "This Is the Honey," a new ...