Nikki Grimes
Nikki Grimes is an American author, poet, and journalist born in Harlem, New York, in 1950, who began writing poetry at age six and gave her first public reading at 13. She earned a BA in English and African languages from Rutgers University, lived in Sweden, and has authored over 100 books for children and young adults, often exploring the African American experience. Her works, including Bronx Masquerade, have earned awards like the Coretta Scott King Author Award and the Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award.
children's literature
young adult literature
poetry
Danitra Brown, Class Clown
My Man Blue (Picture Books)
A Girl Named Mister
Halfway to Perfect: A Dyamonde Daniel Book
Dark Sons
Bronx Masquerade (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner)
Under the Christmas Tree
Disney's Mickey Mouse in the Viking's Eye
At Jerusalem's Gate: Poems of Easter
When Gorilla Goes Walking
What is Goodbye?
The Road to Paris
The Road to Paris
Welcome, Precious
Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel
Oh, Bother! Someone's Fighting!
It's Raining Laughter
Rich: A Dyamonde Daniel Book
Under the Christmas Tree
Oh, Brother!
Danitra Brown, Class Clown
Aneesa Lee and the Weaver's Gift
Aneesa Lee and the Weaver's Gift