A New Ambassador

A new "National Ambassador for Young People's Literature" was announced on Monday. It is Walter Dean Myers. Myers takes the place of Katherine Paterson who has been Ambassador since 2010.

Myers is a talented writer of poetry, fiction, biographies, and picture books for children and young adults. A small sampling of his titles that are in our collection includes Blues Journey [J 811 MYE], The Greatest: Muhammad Ali [J B ALI], Jazz [JP MYE], Monster [YA MYE], 145th Street: Short Stories [YA MYE], and Sunrise Over Fallujah [YA MYE, also YA AB/CD MYE].

To read more about Myers and his new post, click here and here.

Mr. Myers has as his platform for his term, "Reading Is Not Optional."