Nikki Grimes

Despite what Dyamonde and Free say, Damaria worries that she is getting fat, until a classmate's problem with diabetes causes her to change her thoughts about body image.

The faucet flows like a waterfall, the bathroom floor is a distant shore, toy boats sail against the waves. An imagination-fueled adventure on the high seas is just what it takes to get little one clean.

"In this collection of poetry, Nikki Grimes looks afresh at the poets of the Harlem Renaissance -- including voices like Langston Hughes, Georgia Douglas Johnson, and many more writers of importance and resonance from this era -- by combining their work with her own original poetry. Using "The Golden Shovel" poetic method, Grimes has written a collection of poetry that is as gorgeous as it is thought-provoking. This special book also includes original...

"From Children's Literature Legacy Award-winning author Nikki Grimes comes a feminist-forward new collection of poetry celebrating the little-known women poets of the Harlem Renaissance--paired with full-color, original art from today's most talented female African-American illustrators."--

Alternating poems by a brother and sister convey their feelings about the death of their older brother and the impact it had on their family.

"Eeyore's bored, so his friends try to think of fun things... Everyone starts to argue about what is the best thing they can do, until Piglet suggests a picnic-something they all agree is lots of fun"--Cover.

Jazmin, an Afro-American teenager who lives with her older sister in a small Harlem apartment in the 1960s, finds strength in writing poetry and keeping a record of the events in her sometimes difficult life.

Poems describe the different shoes children wear, including sandals, running shoes, golf shoes, and workboots.

Poems and haiku verses provides glimpses of life in the city.

In this collection of poems, a child expresses love and affection for Daddy and reflects on the many times Daddy talks to God.