How To Read A Book (Kwame Alexander)

This book is beautiful! I loved the imagery it creates and the beauty linked to the process of reading a book. It's one I appreciated a little more than my students - but maybe if they read it a few times it will start to sink in. His metaphor for reading is that it is like peeling and eating a clementine. Beautiful! The illustrations are compelling. They force you to sit with each page for a moment to take it all in.

Goodreads says:

A stunning new picture book from Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander and Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet! This New York Times bestselling duo has teamed up for the first time to bring you How to Read a Book, a poetic and beautiful 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 and Melissa Sweet’s lush artwork come together to take readers on a sensory journey between the pages of a book.