Acclaimed children’s book author Walter Dean Myers shares his childhood memories through poems in his book “Here in Harlem.” He chatted with Classroom Extra about the book. Walter Dean Myers has ...
Walter Dean Meyers, Author, Walter Dean Myers, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $14 (150p) ISBN 978-0-385-30687-4 T.J., his younger brother Moondance and their best friend Mop are ...
Publishers Weekly: Walter Dean Myers Named National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
As a kid growing up in Harlem, Walter Dean Myers admits he often led with his fists and struggled academically before dropping out of high school at 17 to join the army. But in the decades since he’s ...
Author Walter Dean Myers is the nation's latest ambassador for young people's literature. The two-year post is something like a youth version of poet laureate. As a young man in Harlem, Myers hid his ...
For years, award-winning author Walter Dean Myers was puzzled and hurt by his adopted father’s apparent lack of interest in his books. “I thought through my entire life that he didn’t like my writing, ...
JERSEY CITY, N.J. - On the rough-edged streets of Harlem in the 1940s, the young Walter Dean Myers knew better than to carry his library books where other children could see them. "I was teased if I ...
MLive: Author Walter Dean Myers recounts unlikely path to success, will speak again in Kalamazoo today
Author Walter Dean Myers recounts unlikely path to success, will speak again in Kalamazoo today
The Washington Post: Walter Dean Myers, multimillion-selling children’s author, dies at 76
Walter Dean Myers was a tall, angular, soft-spoken man who told great stories. He and his wife, Connie, were married for nearly half a century. He was one of the nation's most successful and prolific ...