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Award-winning author Nikki Grimes's beloved novel in verse Garvey's Choice is now a graphic novel, imaginatively and dramatically illustrated by Li...

New York Times bestselling author of One Last Word and Coretta Scott King award-winning Bronx Masquerade Nikki Grimes offers fresh novel in verse s...

The #1 New York Times bestselling picture-book biography of President Barack Obama. Ever since Barack Obama was young, Hope has lived inside him. F...

Dyamonde knows it's what's on the inside that counts Dyamonde loves eating her mom's pancakes. Free loves eating . . . period. But lately Damaris ...

Dyamonde Daniel may be new in town, but that doesn't stop her from making a place for herself in a jiffy. With her can-do attitude and awesome brai...

A guy whose father ripped his heart out too.You and me, Ishmael, we're brothers, two dark sons. Destroyed, lost, and isolated, the perspectives of ...

Mary Rudine, called Mister by almost everyone, has attended church and sung in the choir for as long as she can remember. But then she meets Trey....

New York Times bestselling author of One Last Word and Coretta Scott King award-winning Bronx Masquerade Nikki Grimes offers fresh novel in verse s...

Nikki Grimes, Coretta Scott King Award winning author, and acclaimed illustrator Elizabeth Zunon's latest children's masterpiece is a whimsical adv...

Winner, 2023 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award Capturing the shock and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic through the eyes of Garvey, a beloved charact...

From Children's Literature Legacy Award winner Nikki Grimes and highly-acclaimed illustrator Wendell Minor comes a stunning picture book about the ...

In this moving account of loss, a boy takes a walk in the woods and makes a discovery that changes his understanding of his father. A week after th...

From Children's Literature Legacy Award-winning author Nikki Grimes comes a feminist-forward new collection of poetry celebrating the little-know...

Soar along with Bessie Coleman in this inspirational tale of a woman whose determination reached new heights.Elizabeth "Bessie" Coleman was alway...

"One Last Word is the work of a master poet." —Kwame Alexander, Newbery Medal-winning author of The CrossoverFrom the New York Times bestselling ...

"One Last Word is the work of a master poet." - Kwame Alexander, Newbery Medal-winning author of The CrossoverFrom the New York Times bestselling...

“Lends the ‘attitude of gratitude’ relevance beyond Thanksgiving Day.” —Booklist “Offers a variety of reasons for giving thanks and feeling appr...

"Dyamonde, a third grader, has "wild-crazy hair," is "skinnier than half a toothpick" and is more than equal to the challenge of entering the cro...

The second book in the Dyamonde Daniels series, by bestselling author Nikki Grimes, is great for fans of the Keena Ford, Judy Moody, and Magnific...

This spirited collection of beautifully illustrated poems introduces young readers to Danitra Brown, the most splendiferous girl in town, and her...