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Nikki Grimes Books in Order
Nikki Grimes is an American author of books written for children and young adults, as well as a poet and journalist.
Bibliography verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of Nikki Grimes's book series? Nikki Grimes has written 9 book series. The most notable is the Danitra Brown series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by Nikki Grimes
- #1
Meet Danitra Brown(1984) - #2Danitra Brown Leaves Town(2001)
- #3Danitra Brown, Class Clown(2005)
- #1
Oh, Bother! No One's Listening (By: Betty G. Birney)(1991) - #2Oh, Bother! Someone's Baby-Sitting(1991)
- #3
Oh, Bother! Someone's Fibbing! (By: Betty G. Birney)(1991) - #4
Oh, Bother! Someone's Fighting(1991) - #5
Oh, Bother! Someone's Messy! (By: Betty G. Birney)(1992) - #6
Oh Bother! Someone's Grumpy! (By: Betty G. Birney)(1992) - #7
Oh, Bother! Someone Won't Share (By: Betty G. Birney)(1993) - #8
Oh, Bother! Someone's Jealous! (By: Betty G. Birney)(1994) - #9
Oh, Bother! Someone's Afraid Of the Dark (By: Betty G. Birney)(1994)
- #1
Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel(2000) - #2
Rich(2009) - #3
Almost Zero(2010) - #4
Halfway to Perfect(2012)
- #1
Garvey's Choice(2016) - #2
Garvey in the Dark(2022)
- #1
Tales from Africa (By: Jerry Pinkney,Lila Green) (0)(1843) - #2Tales from Africa (By: Jerry Pinkney,Lila Green)
- #3
The Ugly Duckling (By: Jerry Pinkney) - #4
The Little Match Girl (By: Jerry Pinkney) - #5
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (By: Jerry Pinkney) - #6Early Autumn (By: Jerry Pinkney)(1927)
- #7
The Flowering of New England (By: Jerry Pinkney)(1936) - #8
Lolita (By: Jerry Pinkney)(1955) - #9
Rabbit, Run (By: Jerry Pinkney)(1960) - #10
The Adventures of Spider (By: Jerry Pinkney,Joyce Cooper Arkhurst)(1964) - #11The Year Around Book (By: Jerry Pinkney)(1965)
- #12
This is Music for Kindergarten and Nursery School (By: Jerry Pinkney,Adeline McCall)(1965) - #13
The Traveling Frog (By: Jerry Pinkney,V. M. Garshin)(1966) - #14
A Book of Shapes & Sizes (By: Jerry Pinkney)(1966) - #15
The Beautiful Blue Jay, and other Tales of India (By: Jerry Pinkney,John W. Spellman)(1967) - #16
Even Tiny Ants Must Sleep (By: Jerry Pinkney)(1967) - #17
The Clock Museum (By: Jerry Pinkney,Ken. Sobol)(1967) - #18
Folktales and Fairytales of Africa (By: Jerry Pinkney,Lila Green)(1967) - #19
Shoes, Pennies, and Rockets (By: Jerry Pinkney,Ralph Alan Dale)(1968) - #20
Kostas the Rooster (By: Jerry Pinkney,Traudl)(1968) - #21The Twin Witches of Fingle Fu (By: Jerry Pinkney)(1969)
- #22
Juano and the Wonderful Fresh Fish. (By: Jerry Pinkney,Thelma. Shaw)(1969) - #23
Babushka and the Pig (By: Jerry Pinkney,Ann Trofimuk)(1969) - #24
The Porcupine and the Tiger (By: Jerry Pinkney,Fern Powell)(1970) - #25
Cora Annett's Homerhenry (By: Jerry Pinkney,Cora Annett)(1970) - #26
The King's Ditch (By: Jerry Pinkney,Francine Jacobs)(1971) - #27
The Planet of Junior Brown (By: Jerry Pinkney,Virginia Hamilton)(1971) - #28
Femi and Old Grandaddie (By: Jerry Pinkney,Adjai Robinson)(1972) - #29
JD (By: Jerry Pinkney,Mari Evans)(1973) - #30
Kasho and the Twin Flutes. (By: Jerry Pinkney,Adjai Robinson)(1973) - #31
Prince Littlefoot (By: Jerry Pinkney,Berniece Freschet)(1973) - #32Mickey and Minny (By: Jerry Pinkney)(1973)
- #33The Great Minu (By: Jerry Pinkney)(1974)
- #34
Roots of Time (By: Jerry Pinkney,Elliott P. Skinner)(1974) - #35
Song of the Trees (By: Jerry Pinkney,Mildred D. Taylor)(1975) - #36Wuthering Heights (By: Jerry Pinkney)(1975)
- #37
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (By: Jerry Pinkney,Mildred D. Taylor)(1975) - #38
Yagua Days (By: Jerry Pinkney,Cruz Martel)(1976) - #39
Gulliver's Travels (By: Jerry Pinkney)(1977) - #40
Selected plays (By: Jerry Pinkney)(1977) - #41
Ji-Nongo-Nongo Means Riddles (By: Jerry Pinkney,Verna Aardema)(1978) - #42History of Tom Jones a Founding (By: Jerry Pinkney)(1978)
- #43
Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir (By: Jerry Pinkney,Eloise Greenfield,Lessie Jones Little)(1979) - #44
Tonweya and the Eagles (By: Jerry Pinkney,Rosebud Yellow Robe)(1979) - #45These Thirteen (By: Jerry Pinkney)(1979)
- #46
More Adventures of Spider (By: Jerry Pinkney,Joyce Cooper Arkhurst)(1980) - #47
Count on Your Fingers African Style (By: Jerry Pinkney)(1980) - #48The Covenant (By: Jerry Pinkney)(1980)
- #49
Jahdu (By: Jerry Pinkney,Virginia Hamilton)(1980) - #50Rabbit Redux (By: Jerry Pinkney)(1981)
- #51
Monster Myths of Ancient Greece (By: Jerry Pinkney,William A. Wise)(1981) - #52
Apples On A Stick (By: Jerry Pinkney,Barbara Michels,Bettye White)(1983) - #53
The Patchwork Quilt (By: Jerry Pinkney,Valerie Flournoy)(1985) - #54
Wild Wild Sunflower Child Anna (By: Jerry Pinkney,Nancy White Carlstrom)(1987) - #55
Pop-Up: Strange Animals of the Sea (By: National Geographic Society,Jerry Pinkney,Jane Heath Buxton)(1987) - #56
Mirandy and Brother Wind (By: Jerry Pinkney,Patricia McKissack)(1988) - #57
The Green Lion of Zion Street (By: Jerry Pinkney,Julia Fields)(1988) - #58
More Tales of Uncle Remus (By: Jerry Pinkney,Julius Lester)(1988) - #59
Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion (By: Jerry Pinkney,Verna Aardema)(1989) - #60
The Talking Eggs (By: Jerry Pinkney,Robert D. San Souci)(1989) - #61
Turtle in July (By: Jerry Pinkney,Marilyn Singer)(1989) - #62
Pretend You're a Cat (By: Jerry Pinkney,Jean Marzollo)(1990) - #63
The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket (By: Jerry Pinkney,Sonia Levitin)(1991) - #64Their Eyes Were Watching God (By: Jerry Pinkney)(1991)
- #65
David's Songs (By: Jerry Pinkney,Colin Eisler)(1992) - #66
Back Home (By: Jerry Pinkney,Gloria Jean Pinkney)(1992) - #67
Drylongso (By: Jerry Pinkney,Virginia Hamilton)(1992) - #68
A Starlit Somersault Downhill (By: Jerry Pinkney,Nancy Willard)(1993) - #69
I Want to Be (By: Jerry Pinkney,Thylias Moss)(1993) - #70
New Shoes for Silvia (By: Jerry Pinkney,Johanna Hurwitz)(1993) - #71
The Sunday Outing (By: Jerry Pinkney,Gloria Jean Pinkney)(1994) - #72
John Henry (By: Jerry Pinkney,Julius Lester)(1994) - #73The Jungle Book (By: Jerry Pinkney)(1995)
- #74
Tanya's Reunion (By: Jerry Pinkney,Valerie Flournoy)(1995) - #75
Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman (By: Jerry Pinkney,Alan Schroeder)(1996) - #76
Sam and the Tigers (By: Jerry Pinkney,Julius Lester)(1996) - #77
The Hired Hand (By: Jerry Pinkney,Robert D. San Souci)(1997) - #78
Black Cowboy, Wild Horses (By: Jerry Pinkney,Julius Lester)(1998) - #79
Journeys with Elijah (By: Jerry Pinkney,Barbara Diamond Goldin)(1999) - #80
Aesop's Fables (By: Jerry Pinkney)(2000) - #81
Albidaro and the Mischievous Dream (By: Jerry Pinkney,Julius Lester)(2000) - #82
Goin' Someplace Special (By: Jerry Pinkney,Patricia McKissack)(2001) - #83
Noah's Ark (By: Jerry Pinkney)(2002) - #84
The Nightingale (By: Jerry Pinkney)(2002) - #85
The Old African (By: Jerry Pinkney,Julius Lester)(2005) - #86
Ain't Nobody a Stranger to Me (By: Jerry Pinkney,Ann Grifalconi)(2007) - #87
The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll (By: Jerry Pinkney,Patricia McKissack)(2007) - #88
Sweethearts of Rhythm (By: Marilyn Nelson)(2009) - #89
A Starlit Snowfall (By: Jerry Pinkney,Nancy Willard)(2011) - #90
The First Adventures of Spider (By: Jerry Pinkney,Joyce Cooper Arkhurst)(2012) - #91
The Further Adventures of Spider: West African Folktales (By: Jerry Pinkney,Joyce Cooper Arkhurst)(2012) - #92
In Plain Sight (By: Jerry Pinkney,RichardJackson)(2016) - #93
The Christmas Boot (By: Jerry Pinkney)(2016) - #94
A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation (By: Jerry Pinkney,Barry Wittenstein)(2018) - #95
A Home in the Barn (By: Margaret Wise Brown,Jerry Pinkney)(2018) - #96
The Little Mermaid (By: Jerry Pinkney)(2020) - #97
A Walk in the Woods (With: Jerry Pinkney)(2023)
- #1
Malcolm X(1992) - #2Portrait of Mary(1994)
- #3
Talkin' About Bessie(1998) - #4
Tai Chi Morning(2004) - #5
Barack Obama(2008) - #6
Out of the Dark(2009) - #7
Words with Wings(2013) - #8
Ordinary Hazards(2019) - #9
Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice(2020)
- #1
Oh Bother: Someone Didn't Say Thank You (By: Sheryl Berk)(2003)
- #1Disney's The Little Mermaid(1605)
- #2
Something on My Mind(1986) - #3
Disney's Mickey Mouse In Sky Island(1990) - #4
Mickey Mouse in the Viking's Eye(1990) - #5
Minnie 'n Me(1990) - #6
Walt Disney's Pinocchio(1992) - #7
Minnie's New Friend(1992) - #8
From a Child's Heart(1993) - #9
Walt Disney's Cinderella(1993) - #10C is for City(1995)
- #11
Wild, Wild Hair(1997) - #12
Baby's Bedtime(1999) - #13My Man Blue(1999)
- #14At Break of Day(1999)
- #15Aneesa Lee and the Weaver's Gift(1999)
- #16When Daddy Prays(2002)
- #17Under the Christmas Tree(2002)
- #18
A Day with Daddy(2004) - #19
When Gorilla Goes Walking(2007) - #20Oh, Brother!(2007)
- #21
Chasing Freedom(2015) - #22
The Watcher(2017) - #23
Bedtime for Sweet Creatures(2020) - #24
Southwest Sunrise(2020) - #25
Off to See the Sea(2021) - #26
Playtime for Restless Rascals(2022) - #27A Walk in the Woods (With: Jerry Pinkney)(2023)
- #28
Lullaby for the King(2023) - #29Come Sunday(1996)
- #30It's Raining Laughter(1997)
- #31
A Dime a Doze(1998) - #32
Hopscotch Love(1999) - #33
Is it Far to Zanzibar? (With: Betsy Lewin)(2000) - #34
Shoe Magic(2000) - #35A Pocketful of Poems(2001)
- #36
Dreams by Day, Dreams by Night(2002) - #37What is Goodbye?(2004)
- #38
At Jerusalem's Gate(2005) - #39Thanks a Million(2006)
- #40
Welcome, Precious(2006) - #41Voices of Christmas(2009)
- #42
Poems in the Attic(2015) - #43
One Last Word(2017) - #44
Between the Lines(2018) - #45
Legacy(2021) - #46
Glory in the Margins(2021) - #47
Glory, Too: Poems(2025)
- #1
Growin'(1977) - #2Jazmin's Notebook(1998)
- #3
Stepping Out with Grandma Mac(2001) - #4
Bronx Masquerade(2001) - #5Dark Sons(2005)
- #6
The Road to Paris(2006) - #7A Girl Named Mister(2010)
- #8
Planet Middle School(2011)
About Nikki Grimes
Nikki Grimes is an American author of books written for children and young adults, as well as a poet and journalist.
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