Walter Dean Myers

New York Times bestselling author and Printz Award winner Walter Dean Myers once again co...

Paul DuPree is working at a soup kitchen in Harlem the summer his father dies, just tryin...

Myers is at his clever best in this witty and action-packed, coming-of-age story of a tee...

As a fourteenyearold, he was Malcolm Little, the president of his class and a top student...

"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee." This was one of the most famous catch-phrases...

Abdullah Syed Hari is fourteen years old. He loves his family and his friends. And he is...

Frederick Douglass was a self-educated slave in the South who grew up to become an icon. ...

“Jazz,” winner of the first-ever Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Pr...

New York Times bestselling author Walter Dean Myers and renowned filmmaker Bill Miles def...

After witnessing the annihilation of his people by El Muerte's legions, young Tarik under...

Your first love is totally wrong for you. Do you follow your heart? Or do you run away? J...

The opening line of this call and response style verse asks the question that forms the t...

When you look in a mirror, who do you see? A boy? A girl? A son? A daughter? A runner? ...

What is it to be an American? In lyrical, soul-searching free verse and seamless, evocati...

"Myers' fun picture book about a junkyard dog turned celebrated blues musician works wond...

The two-time National Book Award finalist discusses his historical novel about the New Yo...

Myers describes his process for gathering research, distilling information, and working w...

Myers describes his process for gathering research, distilling information, and working w...

Walter Dean Myers shares his approach to pre-writing, including developing an interesting...

As a teen, Myers found few books with characters who shared his own experiences as a youn...

Myers discusses the personal experiences he mines for his stories: life as a foster child...

Walter Dean Myers reflects on his visit to New Directions High School in Arlington, VA, c...

Best-selling author Walter Dean Myers has received two Newbery Honors and was the first e...

Children and adults alike will cheer for this funny, uplifting story of a troublemaker wh...