Nikki Grimes (she/her) Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Nikki Grimes is a poet and author. Poet, photographer, artist, avid gardener. Author of Ordinary Hazards, Bronx Masquerade, et. al.
More: We Am... Experidigmers: Groups Living Up Volume 6
Mark GraceNikki Grimes (she/her)Another child's heart pierced by a bullet— one more mark of darkness encroaching. Yet we wake daily drink in enough sun to become inebriated, feel the kiss of rain on the cheek reek of untold blessings mindlessly embraced. Thank God for common grace. Copyright Nikki Grimes 2021
Paperback, 2018
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope
Nikki GrimesNikki Grimes (she/her)@kidlitjenny Talkin' About Bessie; Kamala Harris:Rooted in Justice; Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope. And look for works by Carole Boston Weatherford. She's written tons of these, and they're all good.
Paperback, 2012
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Garvey's Choice: The Graphic Novel
Nikki GrimesNikki Grimes (she/her)Preorders 25% off from now until Friday! Just saying. https://t.co/Bl2wGbgsux
Paperback, 2023
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Walking Gentry Home: A Memoir of My Foremothers in Verse
Alora YoungNikki Grimes (she/her)Early morning reading, for pleasure! My brain is in shock. WALKING GENTRY HOME by Alora Young. A memoir—in verse! My fave. Soooo good
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Call Us What We Carry: Poems
Amanda GormanNikki Grimes (she/her)Brought in the New Year with three wonderful reads: Egg Marks the Spot, the newest Skunk and Badger adventure by Amy Timberlake, Just Off Half-Moon Road, a glorious collection of verse by Sheila Turnage, and Call Us What We Carry, by young talent Amanda Gorman. Delicious! https://t.co/PE1xwM4ZE9
Hardcover, 2021
$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lullaby for the King
Nikki GrimesNikki Grimes (she/her)Yay! From now until Friday 1/27, https://t.co/n7ArxpCsYw is offering 25% discount on preorders! Great time to grab Garvey's Choice:The Graphic Novel, A Walk in the Woods, my picture book with the late Jerry Pinkney, and Lullaby for the King, illus. by Michelle Carlos. #BN.com
Hardcover, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How to Say Babylon: A Memoir
Safiya SinclairNikki Grimes (she/her)Digging into How to Say Babylon, which is fire, ya’ll!
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One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance
Nikki GrimesNikki Grimes (she/her)TBT Preparing to read poetry from One Last Word, one of them inspired by Langston Hughes, being read in the home of Langston Hughes. A pinch-me moment facilitated by Renee Watson. Still taking it all in. https://t.co/5B8STaY9SQ
Hardcover, 2017
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel
Nikki GrimesNikki Grimes (she/her)This book banning business is getting crazier by the minute. And it's not only in Texas. Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel has been pulled in Morristown, NJ! What???
Paperback, 2010
$7.99$3.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Show Me a Sign (Show Me a Sign, Book 1)
Ann Clare LezotteNikki Grimes (she/her)What a beautifully written book, with just the right touches of magic that mark moments of childhood we want to cling. Add this to your list, if you haven’t already.
Paperback, 2021
$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book