Award-winning author Nikki Grimes reads her delightful picture book about the special bond between a child and grandparent.

Hudson Valley Books for Humanity is thrilled to welcome Nikki Grimes to our space. This is a rare opportunity to meet a world-renowned author - and one who has a connection to Ossining!

Nikki will read her newest picture book A Cup of Quiet (publishing April 15, 2025) and will share a coloring activity based on the book. We encourage our readers to bring their grandparents - and/or any grown-up that plays that role in their life.

Copies of A Cup of Quiet will be available for purchase and signing following the Read Aloud.

Please RSVP for planning purposes. See you on May 3!

About Nikki Grimes

New York Times bestselling author Nikki Grimes was inducted into the Black Authors Hall of Fame in 2023. Her honors include the CSK Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award, the ALAN Award for significant contributions to young adult literature, the Children’s Literature Legacy Medal, and the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children.

Author of the Coretta Scott King Award-winner Bronx Masquerade, and five Coretta Scott King Author Honors, she won the Printz Honor and Sibert Honor for her memoir Ordinary Hazards. Her latest titles include Garvey’s Choice:The Graphic Novel, a School Library Journal 2023 Best Book; Lullaby for the King, one of Book Riot’s 25 Best Christmas Books of All Time; Glory in the Margins: Sunday Poems; and A Walk in the Woods, recipient of 8 starred reviews, and 11 Best Book listings for 2023, including the New York Times, NPR, and Smithsonian Magazine.

Ms. Grimes lives in Corona, California.

About A Cup of Quiet

When the squeal of tires and thrum of Grandpa’s hammer fill the air, Grandma gets thirsty for a cup of quiet.

“That’s silly, Grandma,” her granddaughter says. “Quiet can’t fit in a cup and you can’t drink it.”

But together, they venture into the garden to collect the calming sounds of nature, and their cup grows and grows.

A bee’s buzz,

a leaf’s crackle,

a whistling wind,

a hummingbird’s whir.

By slowing down and appreciating the gentler sounds of nature, Grandma and her granddaughter step away from the hubbub of daily life and refresh. Their time together made more special by sharing a cup of quiet.