All About Walter Dean Myers by Ibrahim Elwi https://padlet.com/s12291/2p7lqkt1drvnmwmt Made with a wink and a smile en-us 2021-09-13 08:01:58 UTC 2021-09-15 08:38:24 UTC hello@padlet.com Our author's first and last name: s12291 https://padlet.com/s12291/2p7lqkt1drvnmwmt/wish/1735378560 Walter Milton Myers 

- Ibrahim Elwi]]> 2021-09-13 08:01:58 UTC https://padlet.com/s12291/2p7lqkt1drvnmwmt/wish/1735378560 Where and when our author was born: s12291 https://padlet.com/s12291/2p7lqkt1drvnmwmt/wish/1735378562 Walter Dean Myers was born on August 12, 1937, Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States

- Ibrahim Elwi]]> 2021-09-13 08:01:58 UTC https://padlet.com/s12291/2p7lqkt1drvnmwmt/wish/1735378562 Our author's age (or death date): s12291 https://padlet.com/s12291/2p7lqkt1drvnmwmt/wish/1735378564 Walter Dean Mysers  died at the age of 75 in July 1, 2014 Manhattan, New York City. Tawaab Ibrahim]]> 2021-09-13 08:01:58 UTC https://padlet.com/s12291/2p7lqkt1drvnmwmt/wish/1735378564 Three other books our author has written: s12291 https://padlet.com/s12291/2p7lqkt1drvnmwmt/wish/1735378565 Monster, Hoops, The Greatest Muhammad Ali

- Ibrahim Elwi]]> 2021-09-13 08:01:58 UTC https://padlet.com/s12291/2p7lqkt1drvnmwmt/wish/1735378565 Two significant events in our author's life: s12291 https://padlet.com/s12291/2p7lqkt1drvnmwmt/wish/1735378566 During his 45-year career, Walter Dean Myers wrote more than 100 books including Fallen Angels (1988) about the Vietnam War; Monster (1998) about a 16-year-old boy wrongly charged with murder; Sunrise over Fallujah (2008) dealing with the Iraq war; and Lockdown (2011) in which a 14-year-old boy tries to escape the cycle of crime and violence. Myers has three books which will be published posthumously.

- Ibrahim Elwi]]> 2021-09-13 08:01:58 UTC https://padlet.com/s12291/2p7lqkt1drvnmwmt/wish/1735378566 Genre(s) in which our author writes: s12291 https://padlet.com/s12291/2p7lqkt1drvnmwmt/wish/1735378567 Young adult novels, nonfiction, poetry, fantasy, Drama, Mystery, Crime novel, Crime Fiction

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]]> 2021-09-13 08:01:58 UTC https://padlet.com/s12291/2p7lqkt1drvnmwmt/wish/1735378567 Achievements or awards: s12291 https://padlet.com/s12291/2p7lqkt1drvnmwmt/wish/1735378569 Myers was the recipient of numerous awards including two Newbery Honors, three National Book Award nominations, six Coretta Scott King Awards, the 2012 Library of Congress National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Award, and the first Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.

- Tawaab Ibrahim]]> 2021-09-13 08:01:58 UTC https://padlet.com/s12291/2p7lqkt1drvnmwmt/wish/1735378569 Other interesting facts: s12291 https://padlet.com/s12291/2p7lqkt1drvnmwmt/wish/1735378570
He wrote over one hundred books including picture books and non-fiction. He won the Coretta Scott King Award for African-American authors five times. His works inlcuded Hoops (1983), Fallen Angels (1988) and Monster (1999). Myer was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia.

- Tawaab Ibrahim]]> 2021-09-13 08:01:58 UTC https://padlet.com/s12291/2p7lqkt1drvnmwmt/wish/1735378570 Where we got all our information: s12291 https://padlet.com/s12291/2p7lqkt1drvnmwmt/wish/1735378571 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Dean_Myers

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/myers-walter-dean-1937-2014/#:~:text=During%20his%2045%2Dyear%20career,boy%20tries%20to%20escape%20the]]> 2021-09-13 08:01:58 UTC https://padlet.com/s12291/2p7lqkt1drvnmwmt/wish/1735378571 The most interesting thing we learned about our author: s12291 https://padlet.com/s12291/2p7lqkt1drvnmwmt/wish/1735378572 1. Walter Dean Myers was a critically acclaimed African American children’s author of award-winning fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. He was a tireless advocate of literacy and education who also promoted diversity in children’s literature. The New York Times best-selling author is best known for authentically portraying African American youth facing tough life choices.
- Tawaab Ibrahim]]> 2021-09-13 08:01:58 UTC https://padlet.com/s12291/2p7lqkt1drvnmwmt/wish/1735378572 What our author enjoys about writing: s12291 https://padlet.com/s12291/2p7lqkt1drvnmwmt/wish/1735378573 Seeing him struggle, a teacher urged him to use writing as a way to better express himself. During this time he cultivated the habit of writing poetry and short stories and acquired an early love of reading. Myers wrote well in high school, which his teacher Bonnie Liebow recognized. So our author likes to express himself as he is writing a book. His teacher inspired him to write. 

- Tawaab Ibrahim]]> 2021-09-13 08:01:58 UTC https://padlet.com/s12291/2p7lqkt1drvnmwmt/wish/1735378573