NPR
•86% Informative
Kwame Alexander invited Jerry Craft on a trip to Kenya this summer to speak to schoolkids about reading.
Craft, who won a Newbery Medal for his graphic novel The New Kid , had never been to Africa .
Craft had no clue what to expect from students when he arrived at Nyaani Primary School in the rural Kenyan village of Wamunyu .
Craft: "They taught us how to nurture our talents".
Writers Guild Kenya's Gabriel Dinda : "When an international author comes, it energizes everyone locally" Alexander: "They're still kids who want to imagine a better world" Craft: "I can see how people make this a life's calling and go back every year " The group is planning a global literacy summit in Kenya .
VR Score
90
Informative language
89
Neutral language
81
Article tone
informal
Language
English
Language complexity
35
Offensive language
not offensive
Hate speech
not hateful
Attention-grabbing headline
not detected
Known propaganda techniques
not detected
Time-value
medium-lived
External references
4
Source diversity
3
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