Published works

• From a Child's Heart (1993), illustrated by Brenda Joysmith
• Meet Danitra Brown (1994), illustrated by Floyd Cooper (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book)
• Portrait of Mary (1994)
• Come Sunday (1996), illustrated by Michael Bryant
• Wild, Wild Hair (1997), illustrated by George Cephas Ford
• Jazmin's Notebook (1998) (Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book)
• A Dime a Dozen (1998), illustrated by Angelo
• My Man Blue (1999), illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue (Marion Vannett Ridgway Award)
• Hopscotch Love (1999), illustrated by Melodye Benson Rosales
• At Break of Day (1999), illustrated by Paul Morin
• Aneesa Lee and the Weaver's Gift (2000), illustrated by Ashley Bryan
• Shoe Magic (2001), illustrated by Terry Widener
• A Pocketful of Poems (2001), illustrated by Javaka Steptoe
• Stepping Out with Grandma Mac (2002), illustrated by Angelo
• C is for City (2002), illustrated by Pat Cummings
• When Daddy Prays (2002), illustrated by Tim Ladwig
• Bronx Masquerade (2002), (Coretta Scott King Author Award) (Best Children's Book of 2002, Association of Theological Booksellers)
• Talkin' About Bessie (2002), illustrated by E.B. Lewis (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, Author Honor Book)
• Tai Chi Morning (2004), illustrated by Ed Young
• A Day with Daddy (2004), illustrated by Nicole Tadgell
• What is Goodbye? (2004), illustrated by Raul Colón (ALA Notable Book)
• It's Raining Laughter, photographs by Myles C. Pinkney
• At Jerusalem's Gate, illustrated by David Frampton
• Danitra Brown, Class Clown (2005), illustrated by E.B. Lewis
• Dark Sons (2005), (Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book)
• Thanks a Million (2006), illustrated by Cozbi A. Carrera
• Welcome, Precious (2006), illustrated by Bryan Collier
• The Road to Paris (2007), (Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book)
• When Gorilla Goes Walking (2007), illustrate by Shane Evans
• Oh, Brother! (2007), illustrated by Mike Benny
• Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope (2008), illustrated by Bryan Collier (NY Times Bestseller)
• Out of the Dark: Nikki Grimes, Author at Work (2009)
• Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel (2009), illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
• Rich: a Dyamonde Daniel Book (2009), illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
• Voices of Christmas (2009), illustrated by Eric Velasquez
• A Girl Named Mister (2010)
• Almost Zero: a Dyamonde Daniel Book (2010), illustrated by R. Gregory Christie

• 2006 NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children
• 2003 Coretta Scott King Author Award

Interviews

• Reading Rockets video interview
• James Blasingame interviews Nikki Grimes
• Author interview from Preview Magazine, 2002
• Christian Standard interview
• Reading is Fundamental interview
• IRA Favorite Teacher Breakfast video
• Author Nikki Grimes Appears in New Haven video