Visit Nikki Grimes at her website
Nikki
Grimes is an author, poet, lecturer and educator who
was born and raised in New York City. As the author of more than two dozen
books for children, she has described writing as her first love and poetry
as her greatest pleasure. She has said that, "The word, both written and
spoken, has always held a special fascination for me. It seemed uncanny
that words, spread across a page just so, had the power to transport me
to another time and place." Throughout her career Grimes has become known
for her strong African American voice as well as her universal themes of
friendship, and family and community relationships. Several of her books
have been cited as Notable Books by the American Library Association, including
Come
Sunday, a picture book in verse, Something on My Mind and Meet
Danitra Brown, which also received a Coretta Scott King Honor. Her
recent books are At the Break of Day, Aneesa Lee and the Weaver's
Gift, Hopscotch Love: A Family Treasury, A Dime a Dozen and
Jasmine's Notebook.
Visit Nikki Grimes at her website