In this splashy, rhythmic celebration of the wonders of life, Walter Dean Myer's hypnotic text combines with his son's fresh photo-collage illustrations to create a new picture book about self-esteem and growing up with an urban beat.

Biddy Owens is the batboy for the Birmingham Black Barons, one of the best teams in the Negro Leagues. His journal covers the games, the grueling road trips, racial segregation, and day-to-day life in Birmingham during this pivotal time in American history.

Walter Dean Myers brings the dramatic race to the South Pole to life in Antarctica, tracking the explorers of the South Pole—including James Cook, Ernest Shackleton, and Richard Evelyn Bird—and the dangers they encountered there, as well as their contributions to modern science.

 Walter Dean Myers walk readers through the writing process.

A forthright and courageous account of a complex man whose life reflected the major issues of our times.

Walter Dean Myer's beautifully written novel is a poignant, often hilarious coming-of-age story of one boy navigating his way through Harlem's happening streets and into his own manhood.

This triumphant novel follows five generations of one African American family from Africa to a South Carolina plantation through the Civil War, to the end of segregation, and beyond, to a moving and redemptive finale.

Jimmy hasn't seen his father in nine years. But one day he comes back — on the run from the law. Together, the two of them travel across the country. Along the way, Jimmy discovers a lot about his father and himself — and that while things can't always be fixed, sometimes they can be understood and forgiven.

This book presents the story of Ali's childhood, his rise as a champion, his politics, and his battle against Parkinson's disease.

A raw and gritty story of a young basketball player coming of age and trying to make it on the unforgiving courts of the city.

Into a memoir that is gripping, funny, heartbreaking, and unforgettable, Walter Dean Myers richly weaves the details of his Harlem childhood in the 1940's and 1950's, a loving home life with his adopted parents, Bible school, street games, and the vitality of his neighborhood. 

In a novel rich in characters and authentic in detail, Walter Dean Myers tells the powerful story of one seventeen-year-old's tour of duty. Fallen Angels is a testament to the thousands of young adults who fought and died in the Vietnam War.

Young, Black 16-year-old Steve Harmon, an amateur filmmaker, is on trial for the murder of a Harlem drugstore owner and could face the death penalty. Steve copes by writing a movie script based on his trial. But despite his efforts, reality is blurred until he can no longer tell who he is or what the truth is.

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