National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
Selected News Articles About Walter Dean Myers as the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
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June
- The Christian Science Monitor, June 29, 2012: "Walter Dean Myers Writes Books Troubled Teens Can Relate To (external link)"
- Publishers Weekly, June 7, 2012: "BEA 2012: At the Children's Breakfast, Dreams and Responsibility (external link)"
- WBUR "Here & Now", June 5, 2012: “Walter Dean Myers Shows Kids How To Succeed Under Tough Circumstances (external link)”
- School Library Journal, June 4, 2012: "SLJ's 2012 Day of Dialog: Walter Dean Myers Vows to Close the Reading Gap (external link)"
- The MEDIUM (Journal of the Washington Library Media Association), June 2, 2012: "Walter Dean Myers Comes to Longview (external link)"
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February
- inReads.com, February 27, 2012: “inReads Interview with Walter Dean Myers (external link)”
- Publishing Perspectives, February 15, 2012: “The Children’s Book Ambassador’s Platform: Reading is Not Optional (external link)”
- Art Works (the official blog for of the National Endowment for the Arts), February 14, 2012: “Art Talk with Walter Dean Myers (external link)”
- InfoPeople.org, February 9, 2012: “Michael Cart discusses the new National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature (external link)”
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.com, February 8, 2012: “Author Walter Dean Myers is passionate about the benefits of parents reading to children (external link)”
- The National Journal, February 8, 2012: “Youth Ambassador is One for the Books (external link)”
January
- The Miami Times, January 27, 2012: “Walter Myers to show youth benefits of reading (external link)”
- NJ.com, January 26, 2012: “Library of Congress names Jersey City author Walter Dean Myers as its National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature (external link)”
- Pen.Org, January 24, 2012: “PEN Member Walter Dean Myers Appointed National Ambassador for Young People's Literature (external link)”
- Illumination Arts Blog Corner, January 24, 2012: “There's a New Kid-Lit Ambassador! (external link)”
- The Root.com, January 21, 2012: “Literacy Leader: Reading is Not Optional (external link)”
- The Washington Post.com, January 20, 2012: Walter Dean Myers: “Bad Boy Makes Good (external link)”
- Rock Center with Brian Williams, January 19, 2012: “Library of Congress names National Ambassador to Young People’s Literature, Walter Dean Myers (external link)”
- The Washington Post.com, January 16, 2012: "Walter Dean Myers, the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, on raising readers (external link)"
- Scripps News, January 12, 2012: "Corner-Bonus: Meet the new kid-lit ambassador, Walter Dean Myers (external link)"
- Shelf Awareness, January 12, 2012: "Walter Dean Myers Sworn in at the Library of Congress (external link)"
- NPR, January 10, 2012: "To Do Well in Life, You Have to Read Well (external link)"
- SLJ, January 5, 2012: "Get To Know Walter Dean Myers, A List of Resources (external link)"
- Huffington Post, January 4, 2012: "Walter Dean Myers Appointed New National Ambassador for Young Readers (external link)"
- Robin's Roundup, January 3, 2012: "All hail the new National Ambassador for Young People's Literature (external link)"
- New York Times, January 3, 2012: “Children’s Book Envoy Defines His Mission (external link)”
- Publishers Weekly, January 3, 2012: "Walter Dean Myers Named National Ambassador for Young People's Literature (external link)"
- SLJ, January 3, 2012: "SLJ Exclusive Interview: Walter Dean Myers, the New National Ambassador for Young People's Literature (external link)"
- Shelf Awareness, January 3, 2012: "Myers New National Ambassador for Young People's Literature (external link)"
- GalleyCat, January 3, 2012: "Walter Dean Myers Crowned National Ambassador for Young People's Literature (external link)"
- Christian Science Monitor, January 3, 2012: "Walter Dean Myers chosen as new YA literature ambassador (external link)"
- JSOnline, January 3, 2012: "Street-smart Walter Dean Myers named national ambassador for children's literature (external link)"