Grimes, Nikki

Presents twenty-three poems by Coretta Scott King Award winner Nikki Grimes in which she explores the many facets of Christmas, each with a color illustration.

Dyamonde, longing for a pair of red high-top sneakers, is persuaded by a classmate that it is her mother's job to give her what she needs, and she learns an important lesson when she tries that argument on her mom who responds by literally giving Dyamonde only what she needs.

A series of poems describes all the baffling changes at home and at school in twelve-year-old Joylin's transition from tomboy basketball player to not-quite-girly girl.

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.

Gabby daydreams to tune out her parents' arguments, but when her parents' divorce, and she begins a new school, daydreaming gets her into trouble. Her mother scolds her for it, her teacher keeps telling her to pay attention, and the other kids tease her. Until she finds a friend who also daydreams and her teacher decides to work a daydreaming-writing session into every school day. With a notebook "thick with daydreams," Gabby grows more confident about herself and her future.

Presents a collection of sixteen illustrated poems that celebrate the power of thankfulness.

Rhyming text tells the story of how Zuri faces her fears about starting a new school year, with the help of her free-spirited best friend Danitra.

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

Presents a collection of poems by Nikki Grimes inspired by her 1988 visit to China, complemented by Ed Young's illustrations of his native land.