Bound To Stay Bound

Acoustic Rooster's Barnyard Boogie starring Indigo Blume by Alexander, Kwame 

BTSB Prebound(Sleeping Bear Press, 2020)

BTSB #: 050020 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Animals Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Stage fright - Fiction Singing - Fiction Concerts - Fiction Musicians - Fiction Domestic animals - Fiction Dreams - Fiction

Summary: Afraid of singing in front of a large crowd, Indigo dreams about Acoustic Rooster and his band and, after a storm flattens their barn, helps organize a concert fundraiser to rebuild it.

Animal ark : celebrating our wild world in poetry and pictures by Alexander, Kwame 

BTSB Prebound(National Geographic, 2017)

BTSB #: 050090 Available

Dewey: 811/NAges: 4-8   
Lexile: NP

Genres:

Subjects: Animals

Summary: Celebrates the beauty, diversity, and fragility of the animal world while calling on all of us to help protect each and every one.

Becoming Muhammad Ali by Patterson, James 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2020)

BTSB #: 050111 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.4 MG Lexile: 1010

Genres: Historical Fiction Sports Family Life

Subjects: Ali, Muhammad,|d1942-2016 - Childhood and youth - Fiction Family life - Fiction Boxing - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Segregation - Fiction Louisville (Ky.) - Fiction

Summary: A fictionalized biography of Muhammad Ali when he was a child.

Booked by Alexander, Kwame 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC ;, 2016)

BTSB #: P03426 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-12   


Genres: Sports

Subjects: Novels in verse Soccer - Fiction Books - Fiction Reading - Fiction Self-esteem - Fiction

Summary: Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams.

Booked by Alexander, Kwame 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016)

BTSB #: 050142 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-12   
AR: 3.9 MG RC: 5.8 6-8 Lexile: 660

Genres: Sports Family Life

Subjects: Novels in verse Soccer - Fiction Books - Fiction Reading - Fiction Self-esteem - Fiction

Summary: Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams.

Crossover by Alexander, Kwame 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019)

BTSB #: 050280 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 9-12   
AR: 4 MG Lexile: 670 GN

Genres:

Subjects: Graphic novels Novels in verse Basketball - Fiction Twins - Fiction Brothers - Fiction Father-son relationship - Fiction African Americans - Fiction

Summary: Twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health. In graphic novel format.

Crossover by Alexander, Kwame 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014)

BTSB #: 050290 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 4.3 MG RC: 4.6 6-8 Lexile: 750 F&P: X

Genres: Sports Family Life

Subjects: Novels in verse Basketball - Fiction Twins - Fiction Brothers - Fiction Father-son relationship - Fiction African Americans - Fiction

Summary: Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.

Crossover by Alexander, Kwame 

BTSB PreboundSPANISH(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019)

BTSB #: 050295 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   


Genres: Spanish Bilingual Sports

Subjects: Novels in verse Basketball - Fiction Twins - Fiction Brothers - Fiction Father-son relationship - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Spanish language - Reading materials

Summary: Twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health. In Spanish.

How to read a book by Alexander, Kwame 

BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2019)

BTSB #: 050446 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 2.8 LG Lexile: 770 AD

Genres:

Subjects: Books and reading - Fiction

Summary: Suggests a method of reading that begins with planting oneself beneath a tree and leads to a book party one hopes will never end.

Out of wonder : poems celebrating poets by Alexander, Kwame 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2017)

BTSB #: 050640 Available

Dewey: 811/NAges: 8-12   
RC: 5.5 3-5 Lexile: NP

Genres:

Subjects: American poetry

Summary: Original poems that pay homage to twenty famed poets who have made the authors' hearts sing and their minds wonder.

Playbook : 52 rules to aim, shoot, and score in this game called life by Alexander, Kwame 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017)

BTSB #: 050649 Available

Dewey: 796.01/NAges: 10-12   
RC: 7.6 6-8 Lexile: 970

Genres:

Subjects: Sports - Moral and ethical aspects Sports - Quotations, maxims, etc Athletes - Conduct of life Athletes - Quotations

Summary: Poetry and inspiring lessons about the rules of basketball and life, as well as uplifting quotes from athletes.

Surf's up by Alexander, Kwame 

BTSB Prebound(NorthSouth, 2015)

BTSB #: 050883 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-6   
AR: 1.2 LG Lexile: 310 AD

Genres: Adventure Fiction Animals

Subjects: Books and reading - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Frogs - Fiction

Summary: Bro and Dude have very different ideas about how to spend the day at the beach. But as Bro continues to gasp and cheer as he reads his book (Moby Dick), Dude can't help but get curious. Before you can shout "Surf's up!" both frogs are sharing the same adventure, that is, until they get to the beach.

Undefeated by Alexander, Kwame 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019)

BTSB #: 050946 Available

Dewey: 811/NAges: 4-7   
AR: 2.6 LG F&P: S

Genres:

Subjects: African Americans Children's poetry

Summary: An ode to black American triumph and tribulation throughout history.