Walter Dean Myers, 1937-2014
“We need to tell kids flat out reading is not optional” -Walter Dean Myers
To learn more about this acclaimed author of children’s and young adult books go to his website. Below is a list of the Walter Dean Myers materials that the library owns. Click on the title to see whether the item is available and/or to request the item.
Angel to angel : a mother’s gift of love
At her majesty’s request : an African princess in Victorian England
Autobiography of my dead brother [sound recording]
Autobiography of my dead brother
Big city cool : short stories about urban youth
Brown angels : an album of pictures and verse
Carmen : an urban adaptation of the opera
Center stage : one-act plays for teenage readers and actors
Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff
Here in Harlem : poems in many voices
I’ve seen the promised land : the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The journal of Biddy Owens : the Negro leagues
Malcolm X : by any means necessary : a biography
Malcolm X : a fire burning brightly
Mr. Monkey and the Gotcha Bird : an original tale
Muhammad Ali : the people’s champion
Patrol : an American soldier in Vietnam
The pick-up game : a full day of full court
Toussaint L’Ouverture : the fight for Haiti’s freedom
What they found : love on 145th street
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