It's the Trailer Joke. The Trailer Joke Gets Me Every Time, @kwamealexander. Worthy of Today's Laugh

I knew when Kwame Alexander posted his extended book trailer for The Crossover on his Facebook page that I needed to repost it here, too. His back and forth rationalizing for his successful poetic novel cracks me up, as does the roosters in his office and what looks like a frog perched behind him at his desk (ribbit ribbit).

Seriously, a tremendous part of Alexander's textual charm is that he exhibits similar personality in all that he does. His creativity drips from his enormous shoes in every step that he takes - is that the same strut as the acoustic rooster?

This extended trailer cracks me up, but also humbles the work that many of us in Connecticut have been doing throughout the last year. The teachers at Hill Central Academy, especially, as well as Kathy Silver's students at Bassick and the young people of Ubuntu Academy all have representation in his clip. In some ways, he's captured the essence of his texts and how powerful they've been in the classrooms of Nutmeg educators.

And here's to the year ahead and hoping the paths will continue to cross in amazing ways.

Cockledoodle doo! As KA writes in The Crossover,

Basketball Rule #5 

When
you stop
playing
your game you’ve already lost.