Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tales from Africa | - | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 2 | The Ugly Duckling | - | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 3 | The Little Match Girl | - | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 4 | Rikki-Tikki-Tavi | - | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 5 | Early Autumn | 1927 | Nikki Grimes | N/A |
| 6 | The Flowering of New England | 1936 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 7 | Lolita | 1955 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 8 | Rabbit, Run | 1960 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 9 | The Adventures of Spider | 1964 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 10 | The Year Around Book | 1965 | Nikki Grimes | N/A |
| 11 | This is Music for Kindergarten and Nursery School | 1965 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 12 | The Traveling Frog | 1966 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 13 | A Book of Shapes & Sizes | 1966 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 14 | The Beautiful Blue Jay, and other Tales of India | 1967 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 15 | Even Tiny Ants Must Sleep | 1967 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 16 | The Clock Museum | 1967 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 17 | Folktales and Fairytales of Africa | 1967 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 18 | Shoes, Pennies, and Rockets | 1968 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 19 | Kostas the Rooster | 1968 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 20 | The Twin Witches of Fingle Fu | 1969 | Nikki Grimes | N/A |
| 21 | Juano and the Wonderful Fresh Fish. | 1969 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 22 | Babushka and the Pig | 1969 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 23 | The Porcupine and the Tiger | 1970 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 24 | Cora Annett’s Homerhenry | 1970 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 25 | The King’s Ditch | 1971 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 26 | The Planet of Junior Brown | 1971 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 27 | Femi and Old Grandaddie | 1972 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 28 | JD | 1973 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 29 | Kasho and the Twin Flutes. | 1973 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 30 | Prince Littlefoot | 1973 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 31 | Mickey and Minny | 1973 | Nikki Grimes | N/A |
| 32 | The Great Minu | 1974 | Nikki Grimes | N/A |
| 33 | Roots of Time | 1974 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 34 | Song of the Trees | 1975 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 35 | Wuthering Heights | 1975 | Nikki Grimes | N/A |
| 36 | Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | 1975 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 37 | Yagua Days | 1976 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 38 | Gulliver’s Travels | 1977 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 39 | Selected plays | 1977 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 40 | Ji-Nongo-Nongo Means Riddles | 1978 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 41 | History of Tom Jones a Founding | 1978 | Nikki Grimes | N/A |
| 42 | Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir | 1979 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 43 | Tonweya and the Eagles | 1979 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 44 | These Thirteen | 1979 | Nikki Grimes | N/A |
| 45 | More Adventures of Spider | 1980 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 46 | Count on Your Fingers African Style | 1980 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 47 | The Covenant | 1980 | Nikki Grimes | N/A |
| 48 | Jahdu | 1980 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 49 | Rabbit Redux | 1981 | Nikki Grimes | N/A |
| 50 | Monster Myths of Ancient Greece | 1981 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 51 | Apples On A Stick | 1983 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 52 | The Patchwork Quilt | 1985 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 53 | Wild Wild Sunflower Child Anna | 1987 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 54 | Pop-Up: Strange Animals of the Sea | 1987 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 55 | Mirandy and Brother Wind | 1988 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 56 | The Green Lion of Zion Street | 1988 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 57 | More Tales of Uncle Remus | 1988 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 58 | Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion | 1989 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 59 | The Talking Eggs | 1989 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 60 | Turtle in July | 1989 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 61 | Pretend You’re a Cat | 1990 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 62 | The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket | 1991 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 63 | Their Eyes Were Watching God | 1991 | Nikki Grimes | N/A |
| 64 | David’s Songs | 1992 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 65 | Back Home | 1992 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 66 | Drylongso | 1992 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 67 | A Starlit Somersault Downhill | 1993 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 68 | I Want to Be | 1993 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 69 | New Shoes for Silvia | 1993 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 70 | The Sunday Outing | 1994 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 71 | John Henry | 1994 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 72 | The Jungle Book | 1995 | Nikki Grimes | N/A |
| 73 | Tanya’s Reunion | 1995 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 74 | Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman | 1996 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 75 | Sam and the Tigers | 1996 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 76 | The Hired Hand | 1997 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 77 | Black Cowboy, Wild Horses | 1998 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 78 | Journeys with Elijah | 1999 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 79 | Aesop’s Fables | 2000 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 80 | Albidaro and the Mischievous Dream | 2000 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 81 | Goin’ Someplace Special | 2001 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 82 | Noah’s Ark | 2002 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 83 | The Nightingale | 2002 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 84 | The Old African | 2005 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 85 | Music from Our Lord’s Holy Heaven Book and CD | 2005 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 86 | Ain’t Nobody a Stranger to Me | 2007 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 87 | The All-I’ll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll | 2007 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 88 | Sweethearts of Rhythm | 2009 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 89 | A Starlit Snowfall | 2011 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 90 | The First Adventures of Spider | 2012 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 91 | The Further Adventures of Spider: West African Folktales | 2012 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 92 | In Plain Sight | 2016 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 93 | The Christmas Boot | 2016 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 94 | A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation | 2018 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 95 | A Home in the Barn | 2018 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 96 | The Little Mermaid | 2020 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 97 | A Walk in the Woods | 2023 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
Jerry Pinkney as Illustrator collects ninety-seven books featuring the artwork of Jerry Pinkney, one of the most honored children’s book illustrators in American history. The collection spans from classic reissues to original picture books, covering folktales, fiction, poetry, and adaptations of literary classics. Pinkney’s work with Nikki Grimes includes titles like A Walk in the Woods and other picture books.
Pinkney’s illustrations are known for their warmth, detail, and expressive watercolor style. His career spanned six decades, and the books in this collection represent collaborations with many different authors across children’s publishing. The range is broad, from African folktales and Aesop’s Fables to picture book versions of novels like Their Eyes Were Watching God and Lolita.