When Andrea Rogers first received advanced copies of her book, "Chooch Helped," she immediately texted her brother a photo of ...

Walter Dean Myers dead at 76 (AP) — Walter Dean Myers, a best-selling and prolific children's author and tireless champion of literacy and education, ... He wrote more than 100 books, ...

And then, We Need Diverse Books changed my life. Thanks to their Walter Dean Myers Grant, I was able to purchase a new computer that I used to finish my book — a book that became my novel The ...

The winners and honorees of the eighth annual Walter Dean Myers Awards for Outstanding Children’s Literature have been announced. The honors are selected by the We Need Diverse Books Walter ...

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 ...

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Walter Dean Myers: The late and storied author wrote more than 100 books, from picture books to YA to nonfiction. He was awarded the ALA's Margaret A. Edwards Award for his body of work.

The literary non-profit We Need Diverse Books has announced the winners and honorees of the fourth annual Walter Dean Myers Awards for Outstanding Children's Literature, and if you haven't read ...

He says he didn't finish a book until he was 17, but now Jason Reynolds is one of the hottest authors around —and determined to show kids it's cool to read.

Writers and scholars have bemoaned the whiteness of children’s books for decades, but the topic took on new life in 2014, when the influential black author Walter Dean Myers and his son, the ...

The inaugural The Walter (Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children's Literature) ceremony was held yesterday at the Library of Congress by the nonprofit We Need Diverse Books. The winners ...