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Nikki Grimes: Researching and Writing Chasing Freedom

February 1, 2016September 1, 2015 by Marsha Qualey

Interview by Vicki Palmquist Chasing Freedom
written by Nikki Grimes
illustrated by Michelle Wood
Orchard Books, 2014 Did you know more about one of your two characters when you conceived of the book? Yes. I knew a fair amount about Harriet Tubman. Hers was one of the few stories about African Americans brought out every year during what, in my youth, was called Negro History Month.… more

Bookstorm™: Chasing Freedom

March 13, 2021September 1, 2015 by Vicki Palmquist

In this Bookstorm™: Chasing Freedom
The Life Journeys of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, Inspired by Historical Facts
written by Nikki Grimes
illustrated by Michele Wood
Orchard Books, 2015
As Nikki Grimes writes in her author’s note for this book, “History is often taught in bits and pieces, and students rarely get the notion that these bits and pieces are connected.”… more

Skinny Dip with Nikki Grimes

December 13, 2015March 11, 2015 by Marsha Qualey

What keeps you up at night? My brain! I can't shut it off. I'm constantly bombarded with thoughts about what's on my to-do list (I live or die by the list), what arrangements I need to make for the next conference, book festival, or school visit; what work I need to do to elevate the relationships of my characters or ways to make them more authentic; what manuscript I need to concentrate on next (I'm always juggling three or four at one time).… more

Nikki Grimes: Researching and Writing Chasing Freedom

Bookstorm™: Chasing Freedom

Skinny Dip with Nikki Grimes

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