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Walter Dean Myers: A Writer's Story

Author Walter Dean Myers (Harlem) talks about a discovery he made in childhood: that books are a path to a world beyond our own neighborhoods.

Creating new images

Christopher Myers doesn’t like the way that black people are portrayed in the media.

Adapting to different realities

As a young boy, Laurence Yep couldn’t find books that spoke to his cultural identity or day-to-day reality, but he could enjoy the strange, new worlds of fantasy and science fiction.

Words they can relate to

Walter Dean Myers explains why he thinks African-American readers relate so well to his books.

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