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Nikki Grimes

Author of Bronx Masquerade

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Works by Nikki Grimes

Bronx Masquerade 799 copies, 82 reviews
Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope 414 copies, 37 reviews
Talkin' About Bessie 383 copies, 28 reviews
Meet Danitra Brown 357 copies, 37 reviews
The Road to Paris 325 copies, 14 reviews
Oh, Bother! Someone's Fighting 251 copies
Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel 222 copies, 16 reviews
My Man Blue 197 copies, 15 reviews
Oh, Bother! Someone's Baby-Sitting 177 copies
Words with Wings 170 copies, 19 reviews
Dark Sons 168 copies, 3 reviews
Jazmin's Notebook 163 copies, 1 review
Wild, Wild Hair 155 copies, 5 reviews
Hopscotch Love: A Family Treasury of Love Poems 143 copies, 4 reviews

Garvey's Choice 141 copies, 8 reviews

Planet Middle School 137 copies, 12 reviews

Rich: A Dyamonde Daniel Book 109 copies, 11 reviews

Danitra Brown Leaves Town 105 copies, 11 reviews

Thanks a Million: Poems 99 copies, 10 reviews

One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance 97 copies, 6 reviews

Come Sunday 95 copies, 6 reviews

When Gorilla Goes Walking 91 copies, 6 reviews

Oh, Brother! 91 copies, 12 reviews

A Pocketful of Poems 89 copies, 11 reviews

When Daddy Prays 87 copies, 4 reviews

Welcome, Precious 77 copies, 13 reviews

Danitra Brown, Class Clown 76 copies, 11 reviews

A Girl Named Mister 71 copies, 3 reviews

Almost Zero: A Dyamonde Daniel Book 70 copies, 13 reviews

Poems in the Attic 65 copies, 9 reviews

Just For You! A Day With Daddy 59 copies, 3 reviews

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Also by Nikki Grimes

Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out (Contributor, some editions) 215 copies, 7 reviews
First Kiss (Then Tell): A Collection of True Lip-Locked Moments (Contributor) 91 copies, 3 reviews
On the Wings of Peace: Writers and Illustrators Speak Out for Peace, in… (Contributor) 74 copies, 1 review
Necessary Noise: Stories About Our Families as They Really Are (Contributor) 62 copies
Memories of Sun: Stories of Africa and America (Contributor) 28 copies, 1 review

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Golden Dolphin Award (2005)

NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children (2006)

Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal (2017)

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