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Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir
Yet the past is still searingly and emotively evoked, whether she's talking about the underlying rage that led her to avoid bullies for fear of what she'd be provoked to do, or the value of a lifesaving friendship (\"I believed in Jackie,/ and she believed in me./ Funny how far/ that can take you\"). Characterization is potent as well, whether it be herself in a teenaged moment (\"nearly fifteen-going-on-/ you-couldn't-tell-me-nothin'\"), the mother who even sober has sympathy for strangers but indifference for her daughter, or the demanding Holocaust-survivor teacher who pushes Nikki to fulfill her true potential. Grimes potently conveys the way reading and writing can become ways not just to express oneself but to construct oneself, to articulate one's identity, to map one's mental and emotional territory.
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Nikki Grimes
Young readers are introduced to Nikki Grimes, who gave her first poetry reading at the age of thirteen. Discover how she became an award-winning author.
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Children's Institute 2023: Nikki Grimes and Brian Pinkney Collaborate in 'A Walk in the Woods'
When celebrated illustrator Jerry Pinkney died in October 2021, he and author Nikki Grimes had been working on a picture book together—a book about a son dealing with the death of his father. The collaboration between Grimes and Jerry Pinkney started with a shared concern: they both felt there weren’t enough books about Black children engaging with nature. Grimes and Pinkney shared a dummy with editor Neal Porter, and Pinkney started work on “tight sketches”—taut, detailed line drawings of the forest wildlife he had seen in the woods on his walks: a garter snake, a deer, a bald eagle in flight.
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Ordinary hazards : a memoir
\"Growing up with a mother suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and a mostly absent father, [poet] Nikki Grimes found herself terrorized by babysitters, shunted from foster family to foster family, and preyed upon by those she trusted. At the age of six, she poured her pain onto a piece of paper late one night--and discovered the magic and impact of writing ... In this ... memoir [in verse] that will resonate with young readers and adults alike, Nikki shows how the power of those words helped her conquer the hazards--ordinary and extraordinary--of her life\"--Publisher marketing.
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Paired books-Summertime celebrations
Several children's books including \"Danitra Brown Leaves Town\" by Nikki Grimes and \"Summersaults\" by Douglas Florian are recommended for summer reading.
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Interview with Nikki Grimes
Blasingame interviews writer Nikki Grimes. Among other things, she talks about her book Dark Sons, the complex emotional relationships among the characters in both narratives, and how does her experiences with life all over the world contribute to her ability to imagine life experiences separated not by miles but by time.
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Poet mesmerizes crowd
She read excerpts from several books, including \"Halfway to Perfect,\" which tackles body image; \"Words with Wings,\" about daydreaming as a coping mechanism; \"Planet Middle School\" about the challenges a young girl faces as she enters middle school; \"When Gorilla Goes Walking,\" about a fierce cat, and other selections. \"Poetry is first and foremost,\" [Nikki Grimes] said. \"I've always loved poetry. I'm fascinated with language and the power of words.\" She said poetry should be enjoyed. She advised teachers in the audience to provide an opportunity for students to fall in love with poetry before asking them to analyze it. \"Poetry is about enjoying it,\" Grimes said. \"Don't present poetry as if it's castor oil. Let them fall in love with the genre; the diagramming can wait.\"
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Best-selling poet Nikki Grimes to visit library
She has received many awards during her writing career, which spans more than 35 years. Her awards include the 2006 NCTE Award (National Council of Teachers of English) for Excellence in Poetry for Children, the American Library Association Notable Book Award for \"What is Goodbye?,\" a story in poems; the Coretta Scott King Award for \"Bronx Masquerade;\" the Coretta Scott King Author Honor for her books, \"Jazmin's Notebook,\" \"Dark Sons\" and \"The Road to Paris;\" and the popular poetry collections for \"Danitra Brown, Class Clown,\" \"Danitra Brown Leaves Town\" and \"Meet Danitra Brown,\" which also won the American Library Association Notable and the Coretta Scott King awards. \"While a visit from Ms. [Nikki Grimes] would be exciting at any time, we are thrilled to have her visit less than a month after her book, \"Words with Wings,\" was recognized as a 2014 Coretta Scott King Honor Book,\" [Erin Jester] said. \"Ms. Grimes' books insightfully share the African-American experience through themes we can all relate to such as friendship, tolerance, family and growing up. We are truly looking forward to An Evening with Nikki Grimes and we hope that you will join us.\"
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