Authors on the Web
Huffington Post, May 17, 2012
...our lighthearted "cookie and candy poem drive" to our co-contest with Figment. We've also had poets like Nikki Grimes and Samantha Schutz write fresh pieces for previous YARN 's NPM events, and readers loved them. So for this year's NPM project, I...
Cleveland Live, April 21, 2012
...children (Beautiful Beasts, Delicious Dishes), the anthology features work from Rudyard Kipling, A.A. Milne, Langston Hughes and Nikki Grimes. Humorous mixed-media illustrations complement. One last flourish of poetic advice: "The more you give it/The...
School Library Journal, April 3, 2012
...books out there. Nothing at all. Tackling subjects that no one else touches (or touches poorly) Nikki Grimes has made this early chapter book series soar (and the illustrations by R. Gregory Christie don’t hurt much either). The third book in the...
The Olympian, February 19, 2012
...ceremony in Los Angeles. He competed against four other authors: Kekla Magoon, Jerdine Nolen, Walter Dean Myers and Nikki Grimes. His nomination for Jesse Owens: I Always Loved Running was his second such nomination in that category. Last year Burlingame...
Daily World, February 18, 2012
...out in March of last year. Burlingame’s competition at the Image awards included Kekla Magoon, Walter Dean, Nikki Grimes and Jerdine Nolan (Author) and Sadra Strickland (Illustrator). He was recently awarded a state contract to do a biography on former...
Zap2it.com, February 17, 2012
...Publishers, Inc.)"Kick" - Walter Dean (HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Children's Books)"Planet Middle School" - Nikki Grimes (Bloomsbury Children's Books)DOCUMENTARYOutstanding Documentary - (Theatrical or Television)"Beats, Rhymes & Life: The...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 2, 2012
...fresh perspective on the project: Carver: A Life in Poems by Marilyn Nelson and Talkin About Bessie by Nikki Grimes. "Both authors, whose works I adore, used poetry to give voice to various peoplevery effectivelyand these books gave me a new vision," she...
The Body, March 5, 2012
...love, lift and affirmation the lives of persons living with HIV. Poets featured in the forthcoming anthology include: Nikki Grimes, Serena T. Wills, Reginald T. Jackson, Sharaledon D. Brave, r. witherspoon, Samiya Bashir, Storme Webber, Carl Hancock Rux,...
Tolerance.org, February 21, 2012
...the person's life or design a postage stamp. Teach texts by black authors, like Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes or PUSH by Sapphire. Use Howard Zinn's Voices of A People's History book and its companion performance series. This audio series includes...
The Olympian, February 19, 2012
...ceremony in Los Angeles. He competed against four other authors: Kekla Magoon, Jerdine Nolen, Walter Dean Myers and Nikki Grimes. His nomination for Jesse Owens: I Always Loved Running was his second such nomination in that category. Last year Burlingame...
WABC New York City, February 19, 2012
...Owens: I Always Loved Running" - Jeff Burlingame - Winner "Kick" - Walter Dean "Planet Middle School" - Nikki Grimes...
Daily World, February 18, 2012
...out in March of last year. Burlingame’s competition at the Image awards included Kekla Magoon, Walter Dean, Nikki Grimes and Jerdine Nolan (Author) and Sadra Strickland (Illustrator). He was recently awarded a state contract to do a biography on former...
International Business Times, February 18, 2012
...Owens: I Always Loved Running" - Jeff Burlingame - Winner "Kick" - Walter Dean "Planet Middle School" - Nikki Grimes Musical group Committed arrive at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, in Los Angeles Source: PA Actor JB Smoove, left,...
International Business Times UK, February 18, 2012
...Owens: I Always Loved Running" - Jeff Burlingame - Winner "Kick" - Walter Dean "Planet Middle School" - Nikki Grimes Musical group Committed arrive at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, in Los Angeles Source: PA Date:02/18/2012 Actor...

