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"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...
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Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
[2022]
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IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Nikki Grimes, Coretta Scott King Award winning author, and acclaimed illustrator Elizabeth Zunon's latest children's masterpiece is a whimsical adventure and rollicking celebration of playtime fun. "Time to get to work, little one," I tell you. "What work?" you ask. Like always, you pretend not to understand. "Your job is called Play," I say. Mom needs to wake up her child whose job is to play. From dancing in puddles to jumping in leaves, and swinging...
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2021.
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English
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"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."
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Dyamonde Daniel books volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Spunky third-grader Dyamonde Daniel misses her old neighborhood, but when she befriends a boy named Free, another new student at school, she finally starts to feel at home.
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Dyamonde Daniel books volume 4
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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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.
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Dyamonde Daniel books volume 3
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Dyamonde is angry at her mother for not buying her the shoes she wants, but when she finds out that a classmate is in a worse situation, she is determined to help.
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Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
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IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Jayden expects to see nothing but brown his first morning in New Mexico, but after being surprised by colorful rocks, flowers, birds, and animals, he wonders if this place could become home.
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Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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A grieving son follows a treasure map his late father left him through the woods they used to explore together.
In this moving account of loss, a boy takes a walk in the woods and makes a discovery that changes his understanding of his father. A week after the funeral I stare in the morning mirror Angry that my father’s eyes Stare back at me. Confused and distraught after the death of his father, a boy opens an envelope he left behind and is...
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Dyamonde Daniel books volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Free is excited about a local poetry contest because of its cash prize, but when he and Dyamonde befriend a classmate who is homeless and living in a shelter, they rethink what it means to be rich or poor.
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