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Bedtime for Sweet Creatures

Bedtime for Sweet Creatures

by Nikki Grimes
Illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon

Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2020
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781492638322

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 2-5

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Grimes

Chasing Freedom: The Life Journeys of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, Inspired by Historical Facts

Chasing Freedom: The Life Journeys of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, Inspired by Historical Facts

by Nikki Grimes
Illustrated by Michele Wood

Publishers: Orchard, Scholastic, 2015
Pages: 53
ISBN: 9780439793384

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 8-14

CCBC Location: Fiction, Grimes

Garvey's Choice

Garvey's Choice

by Nikki Grimes

Publishers: Highlights, WordSong, 2016
Pages: 108
ISBN: 9781629797403

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 9-12

CCBC Location: Fiction, Grimes

Jazmin's Notebook

Jazmin's Notebook

by Nikki Grimes

Publisher: Dial, 1998
Pages: 102
ISBN: 0803722249

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 12-15

CCBC Location: Fiction, Grimes

Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance

Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance

by Nikki Grimes

Publisher: Bloomsbury, 2021
Pages: 134
ISBN: 9781681199443

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 11 and older

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 811 Grimes

Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel

Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel

by Nikki Grimes
Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie

Publisher: Putnam, 2009
Pages: 74
ISBN: 9780399251757

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 6-9

CCBC Location: Fiction, Grimes

Meet Danitra Brown

Meet Danitra Brown

by Nikki Grimes
Illustrated by Floyd Cooper

Publisher: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1994
Pages: 32
ISBN: 0688120741

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 7-10

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 811 Grimes

Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir

Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir

by Nikki Grimes

Publishers: Highlights, WordSong, 2019
Pages: 325
ISBN: 9781629798813

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 13 and older

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 811 Grimes

Planet Middle School

Planet Middle School

by Nikki Grimes

Publisher: Bloomsbury, 2011
Pages: 150
ISBN: 9781599902845

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 10-13

CCBC Location: Fiction, Grimes

Poems in the Attic

Poems in the Attic

by Nikki Grimes
Illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon

Publisher: Lee & Low, 2015
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9781620140277

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 5-9

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 811 Grimes