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Nikki Grimes' Touring Schedule
2008
Democratic National Convention
August 27-28
Booksignings
Convention Center
Denver, Colorado
The Frugal Frigate
September 27, 11:30-1:30
hosts a bookigning for:
Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope
Galleria Room, Mission Inn
Riverside, California
Syracuse City School District
October 17-18, 2008
Syracuse, New York
Warwicks
October 23, 2008
La Jolla, California
Children's Literature Festival
November 1, 2008
West Chester, Pennsylvania
Red Balloon Bookshop
November 7, 2008, 7:00 pm
Booksigning
St. Paul, Minnesota
Minnesota Reading Assoc.
November 8, 2008
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Bookcase of Wayzata
November 9, 12:00-1:00pm
Wayzata, Minnesota
Bowling Green Public Library
November 18, 2008
Bowling Green, Kentucky
2009
Lynhurst Seventh and Eighth Grade Center
January 30, 2009
Indianapolis, Indiana
Butler University’s Children’s Literature Conference
January 31, 2009
Indianapolis, Indiana
2007
Coretta Scott King Award Program
Pleasanton Public Library
February 24, 2007
Pleasanton, California
Colorado Language Arts Society Conference
March 9, 2007
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Roberto Clemente Leadership Academy
April 10, 2007
New Haven, Connecticut
Davis Street Magnet School
April 11, 2007
New Haven, Connecticut
Rainbow Readers Group
April 23, 2007
Corona, California
Kenilworth Middle School
April 27, 2007
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Frugal Frigate Children's Lit Festival
September 28-29, 2007
Redlands, California
Charlotte & Mecklenburg County Regional Libraries
October 18-20, 2007
Charlotte, North Carolina
Literacy for All Conference
October 30, 2007
Rhode Island
California Readers Association Conference
November 9, 2007
Ontario, California
New Jersey Assoc. of School Librarians
November 16, 2007
Long Branch, New Jersey
National Council of Teachers of English Conference
November 16-20, 2007
New York City, New York
2008
SCBWI Winter Conference
February 9-10, 2008
New York City, New York
Books for Boys, Children's Village
February 11, 2008
Dobbs Ferry, New York
Open Book Program
March 15, 2008
Chicago, Illinois
Public Library of Cincinnatti
March 26-27, 2008
Harding University, Arkansas
June 10, 2008
ALA
June 26-July 2, 2008
Anaheim, California
Hamline University
July 11, 2008
St. Paul, Minnesota |
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| Ms. Grimes only accepts out-of-state school visit invitations during April and October.
To book Nikki Grimes for a school visit or conference, please contact visitingauthors.com
Please note:
Ms. Grimes no longer offers poetry workshops. |
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Speaking to the students at Richmond Avenue School, which is where illustrator E.B. Lewis chose his photographic models for Danitra Brown, Class Clown. We had quite a celebration! |
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The Mayor of Atlantic City was kind enough to come out to meet E.B. Lewis and myself at a celebration of Danitra Brown, Class Clown, the night before our school visit. |
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Hanging out with uber-librarian Toni Myers at the spiffy new Seattle Public Library. |
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A grand welcome at Grimes School (no relation!). |
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Way to go, Hawken Elementary. You do Cleveland, Ohio proud. |
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