https://padlet.com/madher6223/zhbjpohzw1ea en-us 2017-02-09 17:35:24 UTC 2025-12-21 12:20:58 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Clouds.png madher6223 https://padlet.com/madher6223/zhbjpohzw1ea/wish/152858233 08-12-1937

Were I found this:

https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/authors/walter-dean-myers/

]]> 2017-02-09 17:45:35 UTC https://padlet.com/madher6223/zhbjpohzw1ea/wish/152858233 madher6223 https://padlet.com/madher6223/zhbjpohzw1ea/wish/152859897 He was a writer that started writing at a very young age he was also in the Army. Teacher of creative writing and black history on a part time in New York. Office messenger, and an interviewer at a factory.

Were I found this:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/journalism-and-publishing-biographies/walter-dean-myers

https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/authors/walter-dean-myers/]]> 2017-02-09 17:49:52 UTC https://padlet.com/madher6223/zhbjpohzw1ea/wish/152859897 madher6223 https://padlet.com/madher6223/zhbjpohzw1ea/wish/152860649 He died in New York July 1, 2014 after a short illness.

Were I found this:
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/authors/walter-dean-myers/]]> 2017-02-09 17:51:47 UTC https://padlet.com/madher6223/zhbjpohzw1ea/wish/152860649 madher6223 https://padlet.com/madher6223/zhbjpohzw1ea/wish/152865039 His mother took away his comic books and gave him a book of her own.

He hid his books in bag so no one at school could bully him.

He had 2 wifes.

He had entered a contest and won a competition sponsored by the Council on Interracial Books for Children for African-American writers.

Were I found this:
http://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Li-Ou/Myers-Walter-Dean.html]]> 2017-02-09 18:04:21 UTC https://padlet.com/madher6223/zhbjpohzw1ea/wish/152865039 madher6223 https://padlet.com/madher6223/zhbjpohzw1ea/wish/152870839 It was not very informational about weather he was catholic or Christian but he is one of the two.

Were I found this:
http://walterdeanmyers.net/]]> 2017-02-09 18:21:48 UTC https://padlet.com/madher6223/zhbjpohzw1ea/wish/152870839 madher6223 https://padlet.com/madher6223/zhbjpohzw1ea/wish/152873264 He has written a lot of books and has a lot of awards so here is a couple: Interracial Books for Children Award in 1968 for the book Where Does the day go,  Child Study Association of America in 1972, for The book The Dancers and Coretta Scott King Award in 1980 for The Young Landlords.

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http://walterdeanmyers.net/]]> 2017-02-09 18:28:41 UTC https://padlet.com/madher6223/zhbjpohzw1ea/wish/152873264