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Meet Walter Dean Myers
The Library of Congress and the Children’s Book Council have chosen critically acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers to serve as the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature for 2012-2013.
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Books by Walter Dean Myers
Amistad: A Long Road to Freedom
Dutton, 1998 (Ages 10 and up)
Angel to Angel: A Mother’s Gift of Love
HarperCollins, 1998 (Ages 9-13)
Antarctica: Journeys to the South Pole
Scholastic, 2004 (Ages 11 and up)
At Her Majesty’s Request: An African Princess in Victorian England
Scholastic, 1999 (Ages 9-12)
Blues Journey
Illustrated by Christopher Myers
Holiday House, 2003 (Ages 9-13)
The Blues of Flats Brown
Illustrated by Nina Laden
Holiday House, 2000 (Ages 5-8)
Brown Angels
HarperCollins, 1993 (Ages 7-11)
The Cruisers
Scholastic, 2010 (Ages 10 and up)
The Cruisers: Checkmate
Scholastic, 2011 (Ages 10-13)
Darnell Rock Reporting
Delacorte, 1994 (Ages 10-13)
Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff
Puffin, 1975 (Ages 9-13)
Handbook for Boys: A Novel
HarperCollins, 2002 (Ages 12 and up)
Harlem: A Poem
Illustrated by Christopher Myers
Scholastic, 1997 (Ages 11 and up)
Harlem Summer
Scholastic, 2007 (Ages 11 and up)
Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices
Holiday House, 2004 (Ages 11 and up)
I've Seen the Promised Land: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
HarperCollins, 2004 (Ages 5-8)
Ida B. Wells: Let the Truth be Told
HarperCollins, 2008 (Ages 7-10)
It Ain't All for Nothin'
HarperTrophy, 1978 (Ages 9-12)
Jazz
Illustrated by Christopher Myers
Holiday House, 2006 (Ages 9-12)
Looking for the Easy Life
Illustrated by Lee Harper
Harper, 2011 (Ages 4-8)
Looking Like Me
Illustrated by Christopher Myers
Egmont, 2009 (Ages 6-9)
Malcolm X: A Fire Burning Brightly
Illustrated by Leonard Jenkins
HarperCollins, 2000 (Ages 6-10)
Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid
Illustrated by Rodney Pate
Dell, 1991 (Ages 10-13)
Mop, Moondance, and the Nagasaki Knights
Delacorte, 1992 (Ages 10-13)
Muhammad Ali: The People's Champion
Illustrated by Alix Delinois
Collins Amistad, 2010 (Ages 5-8)
A Time to Love: Stories from the Old Testament
Illustrated by Christopher Myers
Scholastic, 2003 (Ages 11 and up)
We are America: A Tribute from the Heart
With Christopher Myers
Collins, 2011 (Ages 4-8)
Books about Walter Dean Myers
Walter Dean Myers
By Amy Sickels
Chelsea House, 2008 (Ages 10-13)
Walter Dean Myers
By Karen Burshstein
Rosen Central, 2004 (Ages 10-13)
Related Websites
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