There's a local library’s poetry contest, and Dyamonde Daniel and her friend Free are excited. Dymonde’s can-do attitude and lively spirit will endear her to readers.This 44 -page study guide accompanies the book, Rich: A Dyamonde Daniel Book, by Nikki Grimes, a Level P, fiction chapter book. In this fantastic follow-up to Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel, Nikki Grimes tackles big issues like homelessness in a sensitive, kid-friendly way. And when they get to know Damaris, they realize the one who could use the prize money the most also happens to be the best poet in class. The prize is one hundred dollars-just think what they could buy with that much money! But when they find out that Damaris, one of their classmates, has been living in a homeless shelter, their ideas about what it means to be rich or poor start to change. A great message for them to consider.Īnd from : Dyamonde Daniel is excited about the local library’s poetry contest, and so is her friend Free.

How wonderful that Nikki Grimes has written this story for this reading level-second and third grade. She teaches that understanding of others to her friend Free and she empowers her friend Damaris to tell her true story. But Dyamonde is the kind of person who goes into a secondhand shop on a treasure hunt and learns to look for and imagine the stories behind the things that have ended up there. What's it like to walk in someone else's shoes? Does it matter where someone lives or who someone is?ĭyamonde learns that Damaris lives in a shelter and doesn't want anyone to know.

It's the shy girl, Damaris, who seems to have a secret.

Someone else in the class has entered the poetry contest too. When her teacher announces the local library is having a poetry contest, Dyamonde isn't interested in writing a poem but her friend, Free, hates to be poor and has decided to enter the local library's poetry contest to win the hundred dollar prize so he can buy himself some video games. She likes to know everything that's going on so when she catches sight of a girl in her class, Damaris, on the street, she begins to wonder what her secret might be.

Lucky Dyamonde Daniel, third grader, has a zest for living and a heart the size of Texas.

Rich a dyamonde daniel book