Nikki Grimes

Nikki Grimes

Nikki Grimes has written at least 65 books. Their most popular book is Ordinary Hazards with 15 saves with an average rating of 4.67⭐.

Author Bio

New York Times bestselling author Nikki Grimes was inducted into the Black Authors Hall of Fame in 2023. Her honors include the CSK Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award, the ALAN Award for significant contributions to young adult literature, the Children’s Literature Legacy Medal, and the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. Author of the Coretta Scott King Award-winner Bronx Masquerade, and five Coretta Scott King Author Honors, she won the Printz Honor and Sibert Honor for her memoir Ordinary Hazards. Her latest titles include Garvey’s Choice:The Graphic Novel, a School Library Journal 2023 Best Book; Lullaby for the King, one of Book Riot’s 25 Best Christmas Books of All Time; and A Walk in the Woods, recipient of 8 starred reviews, and 11 Best Book listings for 2023, including the New York Times, NPR, and Smithsonian Magazine. Ms. Grimes lives in Corona, California.

https://nikkigrimes.com

Ordinary Hazards

Ordinary Hazards
ByNikki Grimes

2019 • 15 Readers • 336 pages 4.7

Bronx Masquerade

Bronx Masquerade
ByNikki Grimes

1995 • 13 Readers • 178 pages 3.6

Ab(solutely) Normal: Short Stories That Smash Mental Health Stereotypes

Ab(solutely) Normal: Short Stories That Smash Mental Health Stereotypes
ByNora Shalaway Carpenter(Editor),Rocky Callen(Editor)

2023 • 8 Readers • 337 pages

Banned Together: Our Fight for Readers' Rights

Banned Together: Our Fight for Readers' Rights
ByAshley Hope Pérez(Editor/Contributor),Debbie Fong(Illustrator)

2025 • 6 Readers 5

Garvey's Choice

Garvey's Choice
ByNikki Grimes

2016 • 5 Readers • 120 pages 3

Planet Middle School

Planet Middle School
ByNikki Grimes

3 Readers 5

A Little Bit Super: With Small Powers Come Big Problems

A Little Bit Super: With Small Powers Come Big Problems
ByPam Muñoz Ryan,Pablo Cartaya,+9 more

3 Readers

One Last Word

One Last Word
ByNikki Grimes

2017 • 3 Readers • 128 pages 3

Words with wings

Words with wings
ByNikki Grimes

2 Readers 3.5

Calling the Moon: 16 Period Stories from BIPOC Authors

Calling the Moon: 16 Period Stories from BIPOC Authors
ByAida Salazar(Editor),Yamile Saied Méndez(Editor)

2022 • 2 Readers • 368 pages

Bedtime for Sweet Creatures

2020 • 2 Readers • 32 pages 4

The road to Paris

The road to Paris
ByNikki Grimes

2 Readers 3

Cover 3

#1 of 2 in Dyamonde Daniel

2000 • 2 Readers

A Walk in the Woods

A Walk in the Woods
ByNikki Grimes

2023 • 2 Readers • 22 pages

A Girl Named Mister

A Girl Named Mister
ByNikki Grimes

2010 • 2 Readers • 223 pages

Lullaby for the King

Lullaby for the King
ByNikki Grimes

2023 • 2 Readers • 52 pages 5

Glory, Too

Glory, Too
ByNikki Grimes

2025 • 1 Reader 1

Halfway to Perfect

#4 of 2 in Dyamonde Daniel

Halfway to Perfect
ByNikki Grimes

2012 • 1 Reader • 130 pages

Dark Sons

Dark Sons
ByNikki Grimes

2005 • 1 Reader • 226 pages 4

Walt Disney's Cinderella

1 Reader

Wild, wild hair

Wild, wild hair
ByNikki Grimes

1996 • 1 Reader • 33 pages

Between the lines

Between the lines
ByNikki Grimes

1 Reader

Rich

Rich
ByNikki Grimes

1 Reader

Almost zero

Almost zero
ByNikki Grimes

1 Reader

Barack Obama

Barack Obama
ByNikki Grimes

2008 • 1 Reader • 48 pages

Cover 1

Jazmin's Notebook
ByNikki Grimes

1998 • 1 Reader 4

Off to See the Sea

Off to See the Sea
ByNikki Grimes

2021 • 1 Reader • 32 pages 4

Cover 3

Voices of Christmas
ByNikki Grimes

2009 • 1 Reader 3

Garvey in the Dark

#2 of 1 in Garvey

Garvey in the Dark
ByNikki Grimes

2022 • 1 Reader • 170 pages

Cover 3

Southwest Sunrise
ByNikki Grimes

2020 • 1 Reader 3

Playtime for Restless Rascals

2022 • 1 Reader • 32 pages 4

Meet Danitra Brown

1 Danitra Brown

Meet Danitra Brown
ByNikki Grimes

1984 • 1 Reader • 36 pages 3

Legacy

Legacy
ByNikki Grimes

2021 • 144 pages

Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris
ByNikki Grimes

2020 • 40 pages

Is it far to Zanzibar?

C Is for City

C Is for City
ByNikki Grimes

1995 • 42 pages

A Dime a Dozen

A Dime a Dozen
ByNikki Grimes

1998 • 54 pages

At Jerusalem's gate

At Jerusalem's gate
ByNikki Grimes

Walt Disney's Pinocchio

1992 • 28 pages

Shoe magic

Shoe magic
ByNikki Grimes

Jazmin’s Notebook

Jazmin’s Notebook
ByNikki Grimes

Chasing freedom

Chasing freedom
ByNikki Grimes

When Gorilla Goes Walking

2007

What is goodbye?

What is goodbye?
ByNikki Grimes

When Daddy Prays

When Daddy Prays
ByNikki Grimes

My Man Blue

My Man Blue
ByNikki Grimes

Hopscotch Love

Hopscotch Love
ByNikki Grimes

Growin'

Growin'
ByNikki Grimes

1977 • 88 pages

Something on My Mind

Something on My Mind
ByNikki Grimes

1978 • 32 pages

At break of day

At break of day
ByNikki Grimes

Welcome, Precious

Welcome, Precious
ByNikki Grimes

My Man Blue

My Man Blue
ByNikki Grimes,Jerome Lagarrigue

1999

Someone's baby-sitting

2 Oh, Bother!

1991 • 30 pages

Thanks a million

Thanks a million
ByNikki Grimes

Someone won't share!

Someone won't share!
ByBetty G. Birney,Nikki Grimes

1993 • 28 pages

It's Raining Laughter

It's Raining Laughter
ByNikki Grimes

From a Child's Heart

From a Child's Heart
ByNikki Grimes

Amazing Faces

Amazing Faces
ByLee Bennett Hopkins(Editor),Chris K. Soentpiet(Illustrator)

2010

A day with Daddy

A day with Daddy
ByNikki Grimes

A pocketful of poems

A pocketful of poems
ByNikki Grimes