![]() To commemorate Myers’s legacy, here’s a look at some of the poignant, powerful, and vital things he said about reading, books, and the way both can and do impact people’s lives. Now Is Your Time: The African-American Struggle for Freedom (HarperCollins, 1991), and the biography Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary (Scholastic, 1993). He has won the Coretta Scott King Award five times and received two Newbery Honors. He was an advocate for reading and earlier this year wrote an impassioned Op-Ed, alongside his son Christopher, in the New York Times calling for more diversity in children’s books so that all children can see the true world around and open to them. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults. Credited with writing over 100 books in a career that lasted over 45 years, Myers’s impact to the world of books and to children and teens can’t be understated. ![]() Last week, the kid lit community lost one of its giants when Walter Dean Myers passed away. Walter Dean Myers was a famous African-American author of novels for. ![]()
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