Grimes, Nikki

Bronx masquerade by Nikki Grimes ( Book )
16 editions published between 2001 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 2,901 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
While studying the Harlem Renaissance, students at a Bronx high school read aloud poems they've written, revealing their innermost thoughts and fears to their formerly clueless classmates

Talkin' about Bessie : the story of aviator Elizabeth Coleman by Nikki Grimes ( Book )
5 editions published between 2002 and 2004 in English and held by 2,426 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A biography of the woman who became the first licensed Afro-American pilot

The road to Paris by Nikki Grimes ( Book )
8 editions published between 2006 and 2008 in English and held by 2,043 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Inconsolable at being separated from her older brother, eight-year-old Paris is apprehensive about her new foster family but just as she learns to trust them, she faces a life-changing decision

Barack Obama : son of promise, child of hope by Nikki Grimes ( Book )
7 editions published between 2008 and 2012 in English and held by 1,724 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When David asks his mother about the man on television, she tells him the story of Barack Obama, discussing his childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia, his parents' divorce, and his desire to help others

Meet Danitra Brown by Nikki Grimes ( Book )
12 editions published between 1984 and 2013 in English and held by 1,666 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this collection of thirteen poems, the warm friendship of two unforgettable little girls, is portrayed

Dark sons by Nikki Grimes ( Book )
8 editions published between 2005 and 2010 in English and held by 1,642 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Alternating poems compare and contrast the conflicted feelings of Ishmael, son of the Biblical patriarch Abraham, and Sam, a teenager in New York City, as they try to come to terms with being abandoned by their fathers and with the love they feel for their younger stepbrothers

Jazmin's notebook by Nikki Grimes ( Book )
9 editions published between 1998 and 2000 in English and held by 1,596 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Jazmin, an African American teenager who lives with her older sister in a small Harlem apartment in the 1960s, finds strength in writing poetry and keeping a record of the events in her sometimes difficult life. Her name is Jazmin, and like the music of her name, her life throbs and swings--a few flat notes to be sure, but also bursting with rich passages that rise and soar. Sitting on her stoop she fills her notebook with laughs, anger, and hope. There's the risky lure of luscious-looking men and the consequences of free haircuts. This is a fourteen-year-old so-real girl living in Harlem in the 1960's, born with clenched fists and big dreams, and strengthened by the love of a steadfast sister. Captured within pages of her tough, exuberant life are all the beauty, chaos, confusion, and clarity that accompany the excitement of exploring life's possibilities--and discovering they are endless

Come Sunday by Nikki Grimes ( Book )
2 editions published between 1996 and 1997 in English and held by 1,161 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A little girl describes a typical Sunday from the moment her mother wakes her up through the different elements of the worship service in church

What is goodbye? by Nikki Grimes ( Book )
5 editions published between 2004 and 2005 in English and held by 1,130 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Alternating poems by a brother and sister convey their feelings about the death of their older brother and the impact it had on their family

Planet Middle School by Nikki Grimes ( Book )
7 editions published between 2011 and 2013 in English and held by 1,077 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A series of poems describes all the baffling changes at home and at school in twelve-year-old Joylin's transition from tomboy basketball player to not-quite-girly girl