Derrick Barnes is the author of the empowering New York Times bestsellers The Queen of Kindergarten, The King of Kindergarten, and I Am Every Good Thing, which won the NCTE Charlotte Huck Award and the Kirkus Prize, and Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, which received a Newbery Honor, a Coretta Scott King Honor, the Kirkus Prize, and the Ezra Jack Keats Award. He also wrote the bestselling chapter book series Ruby and the Booker Boys. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his wife and their four sons.
Series
Ruby & the Booker Boys
Brand New School, Brave New Ruby (2008)
Trivia Queen, 3rd Grade Supreme (2008)
The Slumber Party Payback (2008)
Ruby Flips For Attention (2009)
Brand New School, Brave New Ruby (2008)
Trivia Queen, 3rd Grade Supreme (2008)
The Slumber Party Payback (2008)
Ruby Flips For Attention (2009)
Picture Books show
Non fiction show
Award nominations
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