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  • Bibliography:
    16 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 2011
  • Latest Book:
    September 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Azaleah Lane

1 - The Amazing Life of Azaleah Lane (Jan-2020)
2 - The Dramatic Life of Azaleah Lane (Aug-2020)
3 - The Scrumptious Life of Azaleah Lane (Jan-2021)
4 - The Scientific Life of Azaleah Lane (Aug-2021)

Multi-Author Series List

Girls Survive

Ann Fights for Freedom (Feb-2019)
Noelle at Sea (Feb-2019)
Charlotte Spies for Justice (Aug-2019)
Sarah Journeys West (Feb-2020)
Lena and the Burning of Greenwood (Jan-2022)

Smithsonian Historical Fiction

A Star Like Jesse Owens (Aug-2020)

Book List in Order: 16 titles



  • Nina, the littlest elf in Santa's workshop, doesn't finish the teddy bear she's making in time for it to get loaded onto Santa's sleigh--but, encouraged by Santa Claus himself to not give up, she works far into the night to finish it. While Santa is ...



  • When Jazmine and Jason's younger brother's bike gets stolen, they team up to compete in a treasure hunt TV competition so they can use the prize money to replace it. But when they realize they have different strengths and different competing styles, ...



  • Twelve-year-old Ann understands there is only one thing to be grateful for as a slave: having her family together. But when the master falls into debt, he plans to sell both Ann and her younger brother to two different owners. Ann is convinced her fa...



  • Thirteen-year-old Noelle feels like the luckiest girl in the world to be cruising the Atlantic aboard the famed Titanic. The trip is made even better by her new friend, Pauline, a girl who is traveling with her father to live in America. The girls sp...



  • Twelve-year-old Charlotte lives on a plantation in Richmond, Virginia, where the American Civil War is raging. All around her, citizens and the Confederate army are fighting to protect slavery -- the very thing Charlotte wishes would end. When she ov...



  • Azaleah can't wait for her class field trip to the National Zoo in Washington D.C., especially when her teacher announces the chance to earn extra credit. But when Azaleah gets home, she quickly realizes extra credit isn't as easy as she thought. Aza...



  • In the midst of the California Gold Rush, twelve-year-old Sarah and her family are living in the North as free Black people. Seeking a better life, Sarah's parents decide they will venture west on the Oregon Trail. On the trail, Sarah and her family ...



  • Matthew is a young African-American boy who dreams of becoming an Olympic runner like his hero, Jesse Owens. There's one big problem, though Matthew has asthma, which makes it hard for him to run. When his journalist father is assigned to cover the 1...



  • Azaleah's big sister, Nia, has been cast as Willa Wonka in the school musical, and the entire Lane family is looking forward to the show. Azaleah has even helped plan a surprise dinner party for Nia at Avec Amour, Mama's restaurant. But then the real...






  • Mama and Daddy are heading out of town, which means Azaleah and her sisters get to spend the weekend at Auntie Sam's. The girls can't wait for their special weekend! Azaleah even decides to bake cookies to surprise her parents when they return. After...



  • It’s a big week for Azaleah Lane. The principal, Ms. Li, is choosing a third grader to be the STEM lab monitor, and Azaleah’s name is the one picked! But the week doesn’t go quite as planned. First Azaleah gets paired up with a boss...



  • In the early 1920s, the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is the wealthiest Black community in the United States. But Tulsa is still a segregated city. “Black Wall Street” and white Tulsa are very much divided. Twelve-year-old Lena k...



  • This first book in the Brown Baby Parade series celebrates Black and brown babies and delivers a universal message of love, letting all babies know that they are cherished from head to toe.Love is in the bathroom when Daddy combs my hair.He...



  • This Little Golden Book features beautiful illustrations and rhyming text about colors, plus a social justice theme that encourages Black children to celebrate themselves.Beautiful colors -- look up and look down.Beautiful babies in all shades of bro...



  • There is a lot to do on the family farm! Read along in this sturdy board book perfect for children ages 0-3 as a boy helps his grandfather in this next installment of the Brown Baby Parade series.Papa’s farm is big.There’s so much work to do...



  • One storm. One winter. One girl's fight for survival.A contemporary My Side of the Mountain, Stranded is the story of a wilderness-hungry Black girl from Manhattan whose journey in the Adirondack mountains becomes a nail-biting story of courage, inde...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Nikki Shannon Smith has published 16 books.

The next book by Nikki Shannon Smith, Stranded, will be published in September 2024.

The first book by Nikki Shannon Smith, The Little Christmas Elf, was published in September 2011.

Yes. Nikki Shannon Smith has 1 series.