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Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
120 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
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Description
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.
Author
Series
Dyamonde Daniel books volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons/Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
74 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
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.
6) Oh, brother!
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Xavier is unhappy when his mother remarries and he suddenly has a new stepbrother, as well as a stepfather, in his home.
Author
Series
Dyamonde Daniel books volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
95 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
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.
Author
Series
Dyamonde Daniel books volume 3
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
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.
10) Bronx masquerade
Author
Language
English
Description
While studying the Harlem Renaissance, students at a Bronx high school read aloud poems they've written, revealing their innermost thoughts and fears to their formerly clueless classmates.
11) Come Sunday
Author
Publisher
William B. Eerdmans Pub
Pub. Date
[1996]
Physical Desc
27 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
A little girl describes a typical Sunday from the moment her mother wakes her up through the different elements of the worship service in church.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
A collection of poems describes a young boy's life with his working mother as he establishes his own identity and develops a close relationship with his mother's friend, Blue.
Author
Series
Danitra Brown series volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
27 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Recounts, in a series of poems and letters, Danitra's summer at her aunt's house in the country and her best friend Zuri's summer at home in town.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
134 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Author Nikki Grimes offers a feminist-forward 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. Taking inspiration from the unsung women poets of the era, Grimes uses the "Golden Shovel" poetry method to create original poems drawn from the words of women writers. Set alongside the original works, Grimes's poetry...
17) When Daddy prays
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Danitra Brown series volume 1
Publisher
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
Pub. Date
[1994]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
26 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
19) Dark sons
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
216 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Alternating poems compare and contrast the conflicted feelings of Ishmael, son of the Biblical patriarch Abraham, and Sam, a teenager in New York City, as they try to come to terms with being abandoned by their fathers and with the love they feel for their younger stepbrothers.
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