Showing 1–6 of 6 titles

• Author: Walter Dean Myers

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  Harlem

  By Walter Dean Myers, Christopher Myers (Illustrator)

  Christopher Myers uses ink, gouache, and cut-paper collage to interpret his father's ode to Harlem. A kaleidoscope of words and images leads the reader on a musical journey filled with sass and swing.

  • Nonfiction, Poetry
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal 1998 (Honor Title)
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9780590543415
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  Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices

  By Walter Dean Myers

  Walter Dean Myers writes about his love of the Harlem community where he grew up. In each poem the cast members speak in the distinctive voices of people living there, offering a story, a reflection, or a memory.

  • Poetry, Audiobook
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2011
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9781430108405
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  Jazz

  By Walter Dean Myers, James "D-Train" Williams (Narrator), Vaneese Thomas (Narrator)

  The readalong is taken to new heights as James "D-Train" Williams and Vaneese Thomas perform the work of Walter Dean Myers. Original music accompanies each poem's performance, resulting in a rhythmic representation of mood and tone. Separate tracks for the selections and lively inclusion of a glossary and timeline create a dynamic audiobook; part poetry, part nonfiction, and wholly authentic.

  • Fiction, Poetry, Audiobook
  • Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production 2008 (Medal Winner)
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9781430100225
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  Looking Like Me

  By Walter Dean Myers, Christopher Myers (Illlustrator), Dion Graham (Narrator), Quincy Tyler Bernstine (Narrator)

  Dion Graham and Quincy Tyler Bernstine perform snappy rhyming couplets, set against original jazzy music and picture book collages.

  • Fiction, Audiobook
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2012
  • Middle, Older
  • ISBN: 9781430108726
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  Scorpions

  By Walter Dean Myers

  Hoping to find a way to raise money for an appeal for his imprisoned older brother, twelve-year-old Jamal agrees to try to become the leader of his brother's Harlem gang, the Scorpions. Involvement with the gang (and the gun he is given) leads to tragedy for Jamal and his friend Tito.

  • Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 1989 (Honor Title)
  • ISBN: 9780060243647
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  Somewhere in the Darkness

  By Walter Dean Myers

  Jimmy Little had always wanted a father. However, when Crab, his father, who is virtually a stranger, appears in a dark hallway straight from a prison hospital, it is not at all what he had hoped for. On the tense, frightening trip with Crab to Chicago and then to Alabama, Jimmy finds he must learn self-knowledge as well as compassion to deal with a difficult and dangerous situation.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 1993 (Honor Title)
  • ISBN: 0-590-42411-4