Children's Book Week 2015 #storylines: Walter Dean Myers
Here’s a message of love and unity from Carmen, written by the late author and National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Walter Dean Myers (Egmont, 2011):
See other quotes in the series, and share your favorites!
Quote #1: Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess
Quote #2: Cece Bell, El Deafo
Quote #3: Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
Quote #4: Sharon Draper, Out of My Mind
Quote #5: A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
Quote #6: Katherine Rundell, Rooftoppers
Quote #7: John Green, Paper Towns
Quote #8: Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala
Quote #9: Neil Gaiman, Coraline
Quote #10: E. Lockhart, We Were Liars
Quote #11: E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web
Quote #12: Jenny Han, The Summer I Turned Pretty
Quote #13: David Levithan, The Realm of Possibility
Quote #14: Louise Fitzhugh, Harriet the Spy
Quote #15: Gene Luen Yang, The Shadow Hero
Quote #16: Kate DiCamillo, Flora & Ulysses
Quote #17: Ned Vizzini, The Other Normals
Quote #18: Shaun Tan, The Lost Thing
Quote #19: Andrea Beaty, Rosie Revere, Engineer
About Children’s Book Week
Established in 1919, Children’s Book Week is the annual celebration of books for young people and the joy of reading, and the longest-running nationwide literacy initiative in the country. Learn more at bookweekonline.com.
