Nikki Grimes
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Series
Garvey novels (Nikki Grimes) volume 1
Description
Publisher Annotation: Garvey?s father has always wanted Garvey to be athletic, but Garvey is interested in astronomy, science fiction, reading?anything but sports. Feeling like a failure, he comforts himself with food. Garvey is kind, funny, smart, a loyal friend, and he is also overweight, teased by bullies, and lonely. When his only friend encourages him to join the school chorus, Garvey?s life changes. The chorus finds a new soloist in Garvey,...
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Pub. Date
2017.
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"In this collection of poetry, Nikki Grimes looks afresh at the poets of the Harlem Renaissance -- including voices like Langston Hughes, Georgia Douglas Johnson, and many more writers of importance and resonance from this era -- by combining their work with her own original poetry. Using "The Golden Shovel" poetic method, Grimes has written a collection of poetry that is as gorgeous as it is thought-provoking. This special book also includes original...
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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Full-color illustrations and easy-to-follow text presents a narrative description of the life of politician Barack Obama, beginning with his childhood in Hawaii, his family, his education, and professional achievements.
Author
Publisher
WordSong, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Description
"Growing up with a mother suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and a mostly absent father, [poet] Nikki Grimes found herself terrorized by babysitters, shunted from foster family to foster family, and preyed upon by those she trusted. At the age of six, she poured her pain onto a piece of paper late one night--and discovered the magic and impact of writing ... In this ... memoir [in verse] that will resonate with young readers and adults alike, Nikki...
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Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Description
In this imaginative biographical story, Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony sit down over a cup of tea in 1904 to reminisce about their struggles and triumphs in the service of freedom and women's rights.
10) Rich
Author
Series
Dyamonde Daniel books volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Free is excited about a local poetry contest because of its cash prize, but when he and Dyamonde befriend a classmate who is homeless and living in a shelter, they rethink what it means to be rich or poor.
12) Thanks a million
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Publisher
Greenwillow/Amistad
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
1st ed.
Description
Presents a collection of sixteen illustrated poems that celebrate the power of thankfulness.
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023
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Channeling their own experiences, sixteen exceptional authors subvert mental health stereotypes in a powerful and uplifting collection of fiction.
A teen activist wrestles with protest-related anxiety and PTSD. A socially anxious vampire learns he has to save his town by (gulp) working with people. As part of her teshuvah, a girl writes letters to the ex-boyfriend she still loves, revealing that her struggle with angry outbursts is related