Nikki Grimes: Researching and Writing Chasing Freedom
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
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