One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance

Grimes, Nikki

ISBN 10: 1619635542 / ISBN 13: 9781619635548

Published by Bloomsbury USA Childrens, 2017

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Signed by Author(s). The dust jacket is unclipped ($18.99). 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 number line. Signed by the author on the title page. Nikki Grimes received a Coretta Scott King Author Award in 2003. She won a 2006 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Title. She was the recipient of the 2022 Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1619635542
• ISBN 13: 9781619635548
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Christopher Myers, dj art
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Coretta Scott King Award Winning Authors

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Synopsis

"One Last Word is the work of a master poet." --Kwame Alexander, Newbery Medal-winning author of The Crossover

From the New York Times bestselling and Coretta Scott King award-winning author Nikki Grimes comes an emotional, special new collection of poetry inspired by the Harlem Renaissance--paired with full-color, original art from today's most exciting African-American illustrators.

Inspired by the writers of the Harlem Renaissance, bestselling author Nikki Grimes uses "The Golden Shovel" poetic method to create wholly original poems based on the works of master poets like Langston Hughes, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Jean Toomer, and others who enriched history during this era.

Each poem is paired with one-of-a-kind art from today's most exciting African American illustrators--including Pat Cummings, Brian Pinkney, Sean Qualls, James Ransome, Javaka Steptoe, and many more--to create an emotional and thought-provoking book with timely themes for today's readers.

A foreword, an introduction to the history of the Harlem Renaissance, author's note, poet biographies, and index makes this not only a book to cherish, but a wonderful resource and reference as well.

A 2017 New York Public Library Best Kids Book of the Year
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2017, Middle Grade
A School Library Journal Best Book of 2017, Nonfiction

About the Author

Nikki Grimes is a New York Times bestselling author and the recipient of the Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award, the ALAN Award, the Children's Literature Legacy Award, the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award, and the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. Her distinguished works include the Printz Honor and Sibert Honor book Ordinary Hazards; NAACP Image Award nominee Planet Middle School; Coretta Scott King Award winner Bronx Masquerade; Coretta Scott King Honor books Jazmin's Notebook, Talkin' About Bessie, Dark Sons, The Road to Paris, and Words With Wings, which was also named an ALA Notable Book; and What Is Goodbye?, an ALA Notable Book. She lives in Corona, California.
www.nikkigrimes.com