Almost Zero
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Almost Zero by Nikki Grimes
Dyamonde Daniel has her eye on a new pair of red high-top sneakers. Following some bad advice from a classmate, she thinks she has the right idea to go about getting them--by demanding her mother buy them Unfortunately for Dyamonde, Mrs. Daniel doesn't appreciate being told what to do and decides to teach her daughter a lesson. Soon Dyamonde finds herself in a clothing crisis, with almost zero to wear
Dyamonde is furious. But she begins to realize that some people have troubles much greater than hers.including her friend, Isabel Martinez, whose family has suffered a real crisis. Deciding she must help the Martinez family, Dyamonde enlists the aid of everyone she knows to do so.
Witty and endearing, this heart-warming tale--read by Nikki Grimes herself--beautifully displays the difference between wanting and needing.
Nikki Grimes won the 2005 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Award for Dark Sons. She is the distinguished author of more than thirty-one children's books, including What is Goodbye?, a 2004 ALA Notable Book. She received the 2003 Coretta Scott King Award for her novel Bronx Masquerade as well as a 2003 Coretta Scott King Author Honor for her picture book Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman. Many of her other books have been cited as Notable Books by the American Library Association, including Come Sunday, a picture book in verse; Something on My Mind; and Meet Danitra Brown, which also won a Coretta Scott King Honor. She lives in Corona, California.
Ral Coln has illustrated more than twenty-five books for children including Celebration by Jane Resh Thomas, A Band of Angels by Deborah Hopkinson, and What Is Goodbye? by Nikki Grimes. He's won a Pura Belpr Award for Illustration for Doa Flor: A Tall Tale About A Giant Woman With A Great Big Heart by Pat Mora, and has been awarded a Silver and Gold medal from The Society of Illustrators. He lives and works in New York.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780425288559 |
| ISBN 10 | 0425288552 |
| Title | Almost Zero |
| Author | Nikki Grimes |
| Series | A Dyamonde Daniel Book |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Puffin Books |
| Year published | 2017-04-04 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |