Home Search Library Lists

Create account Sign in

Privacy · TermsBook data from Open Library

Home Search Lists Sign in

Derrick Barnes

Author

Derrick Barnes

Derrick Barnes is an American author. He is known for writing several popular series of children's books and is a former staff writer for Hallmark greeting cards. In 2018 Barnes received several awards that include the Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award for his 2017 book Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut. Barnes' books celebrate African American culture and feature positive images of black children in everyday life.

The King of Kindergarten

The King of Kindergarten

I Am Every Good Thing

I Am Every Good Thing

Victory. Stand!

Victory. Stand!

The Low-Down, Bad-Day Blues

The Low-Down, Bad-Day Blues

I Made My Own Bed

I Made My Own Bed

Queen of Kindergarten

Queen of Kindergarten

The Making of Dr. Truelove

The Making of Dr. Truelove

Like Lava in My Veins

Like Lava in My Veins

Ruby and the Booker boys

Ruby and the Booker boys

All 31 works

King of the Classroom

King of the Classroom

Yo Soy Cada Cosa Buena

Yo Soy Cada Cosa Buena

Who Got Game? : Basketball

Who Got Game? : Basketball

Incredibly Human Henson Blayze

Incredibly Human Henson Blayze

We could be brothers

We could be brothers

Ruby Flips for attention

Sign in to add a quote

No quotes yet. Add a line of Derrick Barnes’s that stayed with you.

Ruby Flips for attention

2009

Roi de la Maternelle

Roi de la Maternelle

Queen of the Classroom

Queen of the Classroom

Stop, drop, and chill

Stop, drop, and chill

Queen/King of Kindergarten 10-Copy Mixed Floor Display with Riser and Signed Copies of Queen

Queen/King of Kindergarten 10-Copy Mixed Floor Display with Riser and Signed Copies of Queen

Trivia queen, third-grade supreme

Trivia queen, third-grade supreme

What Do You Believe???

What Do You Believe???

What Do You Believe? I Am a God

What Do You Believe? I Am a God

Santa's Gotta Go!

Santa's Gotta Go!

Trivia Queen, 3rd Grade Supreme (Ruby and the Booker Boys)

Trivia Queen, 3rd Grade Supreme (Ruby and the Booker Boys)

Santa Has Got to Go

Santa Has Got to Go

Reine de la Maternelle

Reine de la Maternelle

The slumber party payback

The slumber party payback

Derrick Barnes · Bookplated