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New York Times best-selling author Nikki Grimes is nationally renowned for her children's works and poetry. Nikki was the recipient of the 2006 National Council of Teachers of English Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children.
 


Genres: Inspirational, Children's Fiction
 
New and upcoming books
March 2025

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A Cup of Quiet
 
Novels
   Growin' (1977)
   Jazmin's Notebook (1998)
   Stepping Out With Grandma Mac (2001)
   Bronx Masquerade (2001)
   Dark Sons (2005)
   The Road to Paris (2006)
   A Girl Named Mister (2010)
   Planet Middle School (2011)
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Collections
   Come Sunday (poems) (1996)
   A Dime a Dozen (poems) (1997)
   It's Raining Laughter (poems) (1997)
   Hopscotch Love (poems) (1999)
   Is It Far to Zanzibar? (poems) (2000)
   Shoe Magic (poems) (2000)
   A Pocketful of Poems (poems) (2001)
   What Is Goodbye? (poems) (2004)
   At Jerusalem's Gate (poems) (2005)
   Thanks a Million (poems) (2006)
   Welcome, Precious (poems) (2006)
   Voices of Christmas (poems) (2009)
   Poems in the Attic (poems) (2015)
   One Last Word (poems) (2017)
   Between the Lines (2018)
   Legacy (poems) (2021)
   Glory in the Margins (poems) (2021)
   A Little Bit Super (2024) (with others)
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Books containing stories by Nikki Grimes
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Banned Together (2025)
Our Fight for Readers' Rights
edited by
Ashley Hope Pérez
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Ab(solutely) Normal (2023)
Short Stories That Smash Mental Health Stereotypes
edited by
Rocky Callen and Nora Shalaway Carpenter
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Calling the Moon (2023)
16 Period Stories from BIPOC Authors
edited by
Yamile Saied Méndez and Aida Salazar

More books 


Award nominations
2020 Michael L. Printz Award (nominee) : Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir


Nikki Grimes recommends
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Finding Baba Yaga (2018)
Jane Yolen
"Seductive in the best way possible, Finding Baba Yaga draws you in from first word to last, its secrets doled out like sweet treats.... If you've never met Baba Yaga before, it's time. If you think you have, be assured: not like this."

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