Pub Date: February 1, 2016
Dewey: E
Lexile Code: 0310
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 04 to 08
Physical Info: 0.40" H x 8.50" L x 11.10" W ( 0.85 lbs) 32 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Books and Libraries | Sports and Recreation | Water Sports | Humorous Stories | Animals | Frogs and Toads | Imagination and Play
Description: NorthSouth Books will make a splash with Surf's Up by Newbery Medal winner Kwame Alexander, illustrated by the talented, mischievous Daniel Miyares.
Brief description: Kwame Alexander is an Emmy(R) Award-winning producer, and #1 New York Times bestselling author of 45 books, including J vs. K, an illustrated novel he penned with Jerry Craft, and The Crossover, his Newbery Medal-winning novel turned Disney+ TV series. He is also the executive producer of Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band and Acoustic Rooster: Jazzy Jams, a PBS KIDS special and series of shorts produced by GBH Kids based on his beloved children's book of the same name. A recipient of the 2025 NAACP Image Award, Kwame is the founder of the literacy non-profit One Word at a Time.
Review Quotes: "With their strategic use of color and line, the illustrations work well with Alexander's snappy, spare text (all in dialogue) to create a high-energy tribute to the power of a good book."-- "The Horn Book"