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  • Meet Danitra Brown

Meet Danitra Brown

Author
Nikki Grimes
Illustrator
Floyd Cooper
Publication Date
September 22, 1997
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  2nd − 3rd
Language
English
Format
Picture Book
Meet Danitra Brown
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Description
Zuri Jackson wants readers to meet her friend, Danitra Brown, the "most splendiferous girl in town." In 13 spirited rhymes, Zuri narrates an unforgettable portrait of the many ways in which friends bring out the best in each other. Full color.
Publication date
September 22, 1997
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780688154714
Guided Reading Level
N
Publisher
HarperCollins
BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV011010 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
Library of Congress categories
Friendship
African Americans
City and town life
American poetry
Children's poetry, American
Single-parent family

Publishers Weekly

PW gave these poems about the friendship of two African American girls a starred review, saying, "Anyone who has a best friend can relate to this realistic but bubbly volume." Ages 3-up. (Sept.)
Nikki Grimes
New York Times bestselling author Nikki Grimes is the recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, the ALA Children's Literature Legacy Award, and the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. Her books include her critically acclaimed memoir in verse Ordinary Hazards as well as picture books Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice and Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope. She won the Coretta Scott King Award for Bronx Masquerade and earned a Coretta Scott King Author Honor five times--for Words with Wings, Jazmin's Notebook, Dark Sons, Talkin' About Bessie, and The Road to Paris. Visit nikkigrimes.com
Coretta Scott King Award
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Honor Book 1995 - 1995
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