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The writing of Walter Dean Myers illustrates the universality of the teenage experience in urban America." [ 22 ] He was a two-time runner-up for the annual Newbery Medal , recognizing the previous year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children", in 1989 for The Scorpion and in 1993 for Somewhere in the Darkness ...
It is written in diary format, in the perspective of a young boy who resists poetry assignments from his teacher. [1] The author drew inspiration from Walter Dean Myers' poem, Love That Boy. [2] The book received good reviews [3] [4] and was a finalist for the 2001 Carnegie Medal as well as being commended at the 2002 Children's Book Awards.
In 2000, alt-country singer Richard Buckner adapted eighteen poems of the Spoon River Anthology into songs for his album The Hill. Nine are sung, and nine are represented by instrumentals. In 2004, Walter Dean Myers published Here in Harlem, a collection of poems inspired by Spoon River Anthology.
Handbook for Boys: A Novel, Walter Dean Myers (2002) The Harlem Hellfighters: When Pride Met Courage, Walter Dean Myers and Bill Miles (2005) Harlem Renaissance Party, Faith Ringgold (2015) Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad, Ann Petry (1995) Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood, Jill Watts (2007)
Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff is a 1975 novel by Walter Dean Myers. It is about a boy, Stuff, moving to 116th Street Harlem , making friends with the neighborhood kids and the adventures they have.
Monster, published April 21, 1999 by HarperCollins, is a young adult drama novel by American author Walter Dean Myers.It was nominated for the 1999 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, won the Michael L. Printz Award in 2000, [1] and was named a Coretta Scott King Award Honor the same year.
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The Walter Dean Myers Grant is a grant that financially supports emerging published and unpublished, diverse writers and illustrators. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The grant was established in 2014 and named after children’s book author Walter Dean Myers , an advocate of multicultural children’s books.