Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Disney’s The Little Mermaid | - | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 2 | Something on My Mind | 1986 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 3 | Disney’s Mickey Mouse In Sky Island | 1990 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 4 | Mickey Mouse in the Viking’s Eye | 1990 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 5 | Minnie ’n Me | 1990 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 6 | Walt Disney’s Pinocchio | 1992 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 7 | Minnie’s New Friend | 1992 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 8 | From a Child’s Heart | 1993 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 9 | Walt Disney’s Cinderella | 1993 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 10 | C is for City | 1995 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 11 | Wild, Wild Hair | 1997 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 12 | Baby’s Bedtime | 1999 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 13 | My Man Blue | 1999 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 14 | At Break of Day | 1999 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 15 | Aneesa Lee and the Weaver’s Gift | 1999 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 16 | When Daddy Prays | 2002 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 17 | Under the Christmas Tree | 2002 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 18 | A Day with Daddy | 2004 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 19 | When Gorilla Goes Walking | 2007 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 20 | Oh, Brother! | 2007 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 21 | Chasing Freedom | 2015 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 22 | The Watcher | 2017 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 23 | Bedtime for Sweet Creatures | 2020 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 24 | Southwest Sunrise | 2020 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 25 | Off to See the Sea | 2021 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 26 | Playtime for Restless Rascals | 2022 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 27 | A Walk in the Woods | 2023 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
| 28 | Lullaby for the King | 2023 | Nikki Grimes | Buy |
Nikki Grimes’s picture book catalog includes twenty-eight titles published between 1986 and 2023. The books range from original stories and poems to adaptations of Disney properties, covering a wide swath of subjects from hair to prayer to bedtime routines. Many were illustrated by prominent artists, adding visual depth to Grimes’s texts.
Notable titles include Wild, Wild Hair (1997), a popular read-aloud about a girl’s relationship with her hair; My Man Blue (1999), which tells the story of a boy and his mentor through poetry; and Southwest Sunrise (2020), a quieter story about connection to place. Her Disney adaptations, including versions of The Little Mermaid, Cinderella, and Pinocchio, brought her storytelling to established characters.