Description
Acclaimed writer Walter Dean Myers celebrates the people of Harlem with these powerful and soulful first-person poems in the voices of the residents who make up the legendary neighborhood: basketball players, teachers, mail carriers, jazz artists, maids, veterans, nannies, students, and more. Exhilarating and electric, these poems capture the energy and resilience of a neighborhood and a people.
Author: Walter Dean Myers
Publisher: Holiday House
Published: 12/05/2008
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 9.14h x 5.64w x 0.34d
ISBN13: 9780823422128
ISBN10: 0823422127
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry | General
- Juvenile Nonfiction | African American & Black
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States | 20th Century
Author: Walter Dean Myers
Publisher: Holiday House
Published: 12/05/2008
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 9.14h x 5.64w x 0.34d
ISBN13: 9780823422128
ISBN10: 0823422127
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry | General
- Juvenile Nonfiction | African American & Black
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States | 20th Century
About the Author
Walter Dean Myers (1937 - 2014) was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia. He was one of the premier authors of books for children, and received numerous awards including the Michael L. Printz award and the Coretta Scott King Award.