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 ...

This Dec. 13, 2010 file photo shows author Walter Dean Myers tours his old Harlem neighborhood in New York. Myers, a best-selling and prolific children’s author and tireless champion of literacy and ...

Author Walter Dean Myers (August 12, 1937-July 1, 2014), regarded as one of the most influential writers of juvenile fiction, was born Walter Milton Myers in Martinsburg. After his mother’s death when ...

In a starred review, PW called this an "unusual and gripping picture book set in Vietnam and geared to older readers," as the narrator comes face-to-face with an enemy soldier. Ages 8-12. (Jan.) ...

Walter Dean Myers, author of children’s books, has died at age 76. He was named the Library of Congress national ambassador for young people’s literature in 2012.

Some of Myers's books are meant for older readers. Here are some titles that younger and older KidsPost readers might enjoy. Ages 8-11 * "I've Seen the Promised Land." A beautifully illustrated book ...

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FILE – This Dec. 13, 2010 file photo shows author Walter Dean Myers tours his old Harlem neighborhood in New York. Myers, a best-selling and prolific children s author and tireless champion of ...

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On the C-SPAN Networks: Walter Dean Myers is an Author with 11 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1999 Speech. The year with the highest average number of views per program ...

Walter Dean Myers’ Fallen Angels was, as best I can recall, the first young-adult novel I ever read. (I was 13.) Reviewers love to call books haunting and brilliant, but Myers’ story of boys at war is ...