Words with Wings by Nikki Grimes

Words with Wings by Nikki Grimes

In this Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book, Children's Literature Legacy Award-winner Nikki Grimes explores though her celebrated poetry how a supportive teacher can be the key to unlocking a dreamer's imaginative power through creative writing.

Gabby's world is filled with daydreams. However, what began as an escape from her parents' arguments has now taken over her life. But with the help of a new teacher, 'Gabby the dreamer' might just become 'Gabby the writer' and the words that once carried her away might allow her to soar. Written in vivid, accessible poems, this remarkable verse novel is a celebration of imagination, of friendship, of one girl's indomitable spirit, and of a teacher's ability to reach out and change a life.

Coretta Scott King Author Honor book
NCTE Notable Children's Books in the English Language Arts
Kirkus Reviews Best Book

★ ". . Grimes has written a novel in verse that is an enthusiastic celebration of the power of words and imagination. . . Always accessible, Grimes' language is vivid, rhythmic, and figurative. . . Grimes' words speak to the daydreamer in every reader." — Booklist, starred review

★ "In this delightfully spare narrative in verse, Coretta Scott King Award-winning Grimes examines a marriage's end from the perspective of a child. . . Throughout this finely wrought narrative, Grimes' free verse is tight, with perfect breaks of line and effortless shifts from reality to dream states and back. An inspirational exploration of caring among parent, teacher and child--one of Grimes' best." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

" . . . Grimes packs substantial emotional heft into her poems, especially the way that Gabby's parents' separation weighs on her. . . her poems lovingly convey the rich inner life (and turmoil) of a girl in the process of finding her voice." —Publishers Weekly

Nikki Grimes, a New York Times bestselling poet, won the ALAN Award for Outstanding Contributions to Young Adult Literature in 2020. Her notable works include the modern classic Bronx Masquerade, the award-winning verse novel Dark Sons on the life of Ishmael, the memoir in verse Ordinary Hazards, which won the Printz Award, Siebert Honor, and Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor, the celebrated Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance, and the New York Times bestseller Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice. Grimes has been included in the pages of IMAGE Journal of Arts and Religion, World, Today's Christian Woman, Poetry Magazine, Hunger Mountain, and the Academy of American Poets series, Poem a Day, among others. He is the author of ALA Notable Poetry Books Coming Sunday, At Jerusalem's Gate, and Voices of Christmas. Her poetry has appeared in various collections, including The Golden Shovel Anthology, where she was nominated for the Pushkin Prize. Grimes is a Corona, California native.

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ISBN 13	9781590789858
ISBN 10	1590789857
Title	Words with Wings
Author	Nikki Grimes
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Astra Publishing House
Year published	2013-09-01
Number of pages	96
Prizes	Commended for Coretta Scott King Award (Author) 2014, Commended for Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (Seven to Ten) 2014, Short-listed for Garden State Children's Book Awards (Fiction) 2016, Short-listed for Nevada Young Readers' Award (Young Readers) 2016, Short-listed for Keystone to Reading Book Award (Intermediate) 2015, Short-listed for Black-Eyed Susan Award (Grades 4-6) 2015, Short-listed for Delaware Diamonds Award (Grades 3-5) 2014, Short-listed for William Allen White Childens Book Award (Grades 3-5) 2016, Short-listed for Sequoyah Book Awards (Children's) 2016
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