Jazmin's Notebook (Coretta Scott King Author Honor Books) - Hardcover

Grimes, Nikki

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803722249 ISBN 13: 9780803722248

Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1998

Synopsis

Growing up in Harlem in the 1960s, fourteen-year-old Jazmin records in her notebook all her daily observations on such topics as the opposite sex, the consequences of free haircuts, her biggest dreams, and the devotion of her sister.

About this title

Review:

-- "Readers will delight in [Jazmin's] candor and imagination". -- School Library Journal, starred review

About the Author:

Nikki Grimes is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of dozens of children’s and young adult books as well as a poet and journalist.

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. Additionally, her book Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope (illustrated by Bryan Collier) was a New York Times bestseller, and she was acknowledged as an NAACP Image Award Finalist in 1993 for her book Malcolm X: a Force for Change. Her books Meet Danitra Brown (illustrated by Floyd Cooper), Jazmin's Notebook, Talkin' About Bessie (illustrated by E.B. Lewis), Dark Sons, The Road to Paris, and Words with Wings were each awarded Coretta Scott King Honors. Visit her online at www.nikkigrimes.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0803722249
• ISBN 13: 9780803722248
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 102