Bound To Stay Bound

Garvey in the dark by Grimes, Nikki 

BTSB Prebound(Wordsong, 2022)

BTSB #: 402532 Available

Dewey: 811/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 3.7 MG Lexile: 590 F&P: Y

Genres:

Subjects: COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- - Poetry American poetry

Summary: Capturing the shock and reverberations of the COVID-19 pandemic through poetry, as Garvey's life goes into lockdown and his father becomes sick, Garvey must find a way to use his newfound musical skills to bring hope to both his father and himself.

Garvey's choice : the graphic novel by Grimes, Nikki 

BTSB Prebound(Wordsong, 2023)

BTSB #: 402533 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 9-12   
AR: 3.3 MG Lexile: 560 GN F&P: U

Genres:

Subjects: Graphic novels Father-son relationship - Fiction Hobbies - Fiction Singing - Fiction

Summary: When Garvey joins the chorus at school his newly discovered talent for singing gives him both the confidence to accept himself and a language his father will finally understand--the language of music. In graphic novel format.

Kamala Harris : rooted in justice by Grimes, Nikki 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2020)

BTSB #: 353892 Available

Dewey: 328.7309/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 5 LG Lexile: 890 AD

Genres:

Subjects: Harris, Kamala,|d1964- United States.|bCongress.|bSenate - Biography Women legislators - United States - Biography Legislators - United States - Biography Women presidential candidates - United States - Biography Presidential candidates - United States - Biography

Summary: The first-ever picture book biography on Senator Kamala Harris.

Legacy : women poets of the Harlem Renaissance by Grimes, Nikki 

BTSB Prebound(Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2021)

BTSB #: 353894 Available

Dewey: 811/NAges: 10-14   


Genres:

Subjects: American poetry - African American women authors African Americans - Poetry Harlem Renaissance - Influence

Summary: Using "The Golden Shovel" method the author creates wholly original poems based on the works of the groundbreaking women poets of the Harlem Renaissance.

One last word : wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance by Grimes, Nikki 

BTSB Prebound(Bloomsbury, 2017)

BTSB #: 402544 Available

Dewey: 811/NAges: 10-14   
RC: 6.1 6-8 Lexile: NP

Genres:

Subjects: African Americans - Poetry

Summary: 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.

Playtime for restless rascals by Grimes, Nikki 

BTSB Prebound(Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2022)

BTSB #: 402539 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 3.2 LG

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Play - Fiction African Americans - Fiction

Summary: A mother wakes up her child whose job is to play, as there is so much to do in a fun-filled day, from dancing in puddles to jumping in leaves.

Walk In The Woods by Grimes, Nikki 

BTSB Prebound(Neal Porter Books, 2023)

BTSB #: 402578 In Bindery

Dewey: FAges: 4-8   


Genres: Animals

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Summary: A grieving son follows a treasure map his late father left him through the woods they used to explore together.