Almost Zero
A Dyamonde Daniel Book

This book is about a little girl named Dyamonde Daniel who listens to some not so good advise from classmate and ends up losing most of her clothes as a punishment. However, Dyamonde learns a very important lesson and redeems herself in this cute, short chapter book. I won this book in a giveaway fr......more

This is the first book I've read in the Dyamonde Daniel series for early readers (J/E) and I really enjoyed it. It's a different world from what many of the kid's in my neighborhood are familiar with and it has a great lesson to teach but not in a preachy way. Dyamonde wants some new red high-tops a......more

Dyamonde is a young African American girl with a growing personality. She is caring and unique but is still learning the lessons of life. When Dyamonde wants something another person has, she demands her mother buys it for her. Dyamondes mom, caught off guard, teaches Dyamonde the lesson of grateful......more

Almost Zero is about an African-American third-grader Dyamonde Daniel. Dyamonde's classmate Tameeka has recently gotten new hightop sneakers and Tameeka tells Dyamonde that she should tell her mother that it is her mom's job is to buy her what she needs and that she needs new sneakers. Dyamonde goes......more