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News and Articles on Walter Dean Myers
Why Books are Banned Jul 12, 2009
Beloved, by Toni Morrison and Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers are two such books. Books challenged for religious reasons, especially the use of magic or witchcraft, are Harry Potter, the entire series, by J.K. Rowling, and Scary Stories, by Alvin Schwartz and Stephen Gammell. (Suite101.com)
Christopher Award Winners Announced Apr 15, 2009
Walter Dean Myers takes his young adult readers to war-torn Iraq in Sunrise Over Fallujah. In Shooting the Moon, Frances O'Roark Dowell addresses an earlier war, Vietnam, for readers aged 10 to 12. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Book Targeted By Mother To Stay On Shelves, Educators Say Apr 14, 2009
The book, "Hoops," by Walter Dean Myers, is critically acclaimed. The mother wanted it reviewed for age appropriateness, not banned. (7 KETV Omaha)
Council Bluffs parent asks for book ban Apr 1, 2009
The book, written by Walter Dean Myers, is about a teenage basketball player from Harlem who is befriended by a former professional player who was forced to quit in a point-shaving scandal and who hopes to keep young athletes from repeating his mistakes. Story Comments. (Sioux City Journal)
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