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Nikki Grimes

Author of Bronx Masquerade

Includes the names: Nikki Grimes, Nikkii Grimes, Nikki A: Grimes

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Works by Nikki Grimes

Bronx Masquerade 943 copies, 85 reviews
Talkin' About Bessie 449 copies, 31 reviews
Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope 447 copies, 40 reviews
Meet Danitra Brown 382 copies, 38 reviews
The Road to Paris 350 copies, 14 reviews
Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel 325 copies, 19 reviews
Oh, Bother! Someone's Fighting 274 copies
Jazmin's Notebook 224 copies, 1 review
My Man Blue 208 copies, 15 reviews
Words with Wings 205 copies, 20 reviews
Garvey's Choice 198 copies, 12 reviews
Oh, Bother! Someone's Baby-Sitting 189 copies
Dark Sons 185 copies, 3 reviews
Wild, Wild Hair 176 copies, 5 reviews

Rich: A Dyamonde Daniel Book 158 copies, 34 reviews

Planet Middle School 151 copies, 13 reviews

Hopscotch Love: A Family Treasury of Love Poems 149 copies, 4 reviews

Almost Zero: A Dyamonde Daniel Book 142 copies, 15 reviews

One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance 132 copies, 8 reviews

Thanks a Million: Poems 113 copies, 10 reviews

Danitra Brown Leaves Town 109 copies, 11 reviews

When Daddy Prays 102 copies, 5 reviews

Come Sunday 99 copies, 6 reviews

A Pocketful of Poems 97 copies, 11 reviews

Oh, Brother! 95 copies, 15 reviews

When Gorilla Goes Walking 93 copies, 6 reviews

Danitra Brown, Class Clown 85 copies, 12 reviews

Welcome, Precious 80 copies, 13 reviews

A Girl Named Mister 78 copies, 3 reviews

Poems in the Attic 69 copies, 11 reviews

What is Goodbye? 67 copies, 4 reviews

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Also by Nikki Grimes

Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out (Contributor, some editions) 241 copies, 8 reviews
First Kiss (Then Tell): A Collection of True Lip-Locked Moments (Contributor) 92 copies, 3 reviews
On the Wings of Peace: Writers and Illustrators Speak Out for Peace, in… (Contributor) 78 copies, 1 review
Necessary Noise: Stories About Our Families as They Really Are (Contributor) 65 copies
Memories of Sun: Stories of Africa and America (Contributor) 31 copies, 1 review
The Golden Shovel Anthology: New Poems Honoring Gwendolyn Brooks (Contributor) 11 copies

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Harlem, New York, USA

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Corona, California, USA

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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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