Among the many accolades she has received are the Golden Dolphin Award (2005), the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children (2006), the Coretta Scott King Award (2003) for Bronx Masquerade, and the Horace Mann Upstanders Award (2011) for Almost Zero: A Dyamonde Daniel Book. About the Author Nikki Grimes is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of dozens of childrens and young adult books as well as a poet and journalist. Dymondes can-do attitude and lively spirit will endear her to readers.
In this fantastic follow-up to Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel, Nikki Grimes tackles big issues like homelessness in a sensitive, kid-friendly way. And when they get to know Damaris, they realize the one who could use the prize money the most also happens to be the best poet in class. The prize is one hundred dollars?just think what they could buy with that much money! But when they find out that Damaris, one of their classmates, has been living in a homeless shelter, their ideas about what it means to be rich or poor start to change.
Book Synopsis Dyamonde Daniel is excited about the local librarys poetry contest, and so is her friend Free. About the Book In this follow-up to Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel, Grimes tackles big issues like homelessness in a sensitive, kid-friendly way as Dyamonde Daniel learns there are lots of ways to be rich.
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