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Walter Winner Angeline Boulley on Firekeeper’s Daughter and Native Representation

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The 2022 Walter Awards & Symposium will be held on Thursday, June 23 at 10:30 AM, both in person and via livestream. For event details, go here. By Lynn Lawrence-Brown Angeline Boulley, an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians and an Ojibwe storyteller, is the … [Read more...] about Walter Winner Angeline Boulley on Firekeeper’s Daughter and Native Representation

Walter Winner Rajani LaRocca on Red, White, and Whole and Being Caught Between Worlds

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The 2022 Walter Awards & Symposium will be held on Thursday, June 23 at 10:30 AM, both in-person and via livestream. For event details, go here. By Nawal Qarooni  Today we're honored to welcome Rajani LaRocca to the WNDB blog to discuss Red, White, and Whole, for which she is a 2022 … [Read more...] about Walter Winner Rajani LaRocca on Red, White, and Whole and Being Caught Between Worlds

Walter Honoree Eden Royce on Root Magic & Ancestral Ties

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The 2022 Walter Awards & Symposium will be held on Thursday, June 23 at 10:30 AM, both in-person and via livestream. For event details, go here. By Nawal Qarooni Today we’re honored to welcome Eden Royce to the WNDB blog to discuss Root Magic, for which she is a 2022 Walter Honoree in the … [Read more...] about Walter Honoree Eden Royce on Root Magic & Ancestral Ties

Walter Honoree Malinda Lo on Last Night at the Telegraph Club

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The 2022 Walter Awards & Symposium will be held on Thursday, June 23 at 10:30 AM, both in-person and via livestream. For event details, go here. By Michele Kirichanskaya Today we're honored to welcome Malinda Lo to the WNDB blog to discuss Last Night at the Telegraph Club, for which she … [Read more...] about Walter Honoree Malinda Lo on Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Walter Honoree Kekla Magoon on Revolution in Our Time & Creating Social Change Now

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The 2022 Walter Awards & Symposium will be held on Thursday, June 23 at 10:30 AM, both in-person and via livestream. For event details, go here. We previously revealed the cover for this book here. By Yasmine Aslam-Hashmi Thank you, Kekla, for taking the time to do this interview. … [Read more...] about Walter Honoree Kekla Magoon on Revolution in Our Time & Creating Social Change Now

We Need Diverse Books Announces New Date for the ​2022​ Walter​ ​Dean​ ​Myers​ ​Awards​ for​ ​Outstanding ​Children’s​ Literature

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE We Need Diverse Books Announces New Date  for the ​2022​ Walter​ ​Dean​ ​Myers​ ​Awards​ for​ ​Outstanding ​Children’s​ Literature February 25, 2022 Washington, DC — The​ ​seventh annual Walter Awards ​will​ ​be​ ​held on ​Thursday, June 23,​ ​2022, at 10:30 a.m. ET.  The … [Read more...] about We Need Diverse Books Announces New Date for the ​2022​ Walter​ ​Dean​ ​Myers​ ​Awards​ for​ ​Outstanding ​Children’s​ Literature

Announcing the 2022 Walter Award Winners and Honorees!

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 14, 2022 Press Contact: Alaina Lavoie alainalavoie@diversebooks.org https://diversebooks.org/our-programs/walter-award/  We​ ​Need​ ​Diverse​ ​Books Announces The ​2022​ Walter​ ​Dean​ ​Myers​ ​Awards​ ​and​ ​Honor​ ​Books for​ ​Outstanding ​Children’s​ … [Read more...] about Announcing the 2022 Walter Award Winners and Honorees!

Celebrating the News of Walter Award Winners and WNDB Mentees

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By Padma Venkatraman This is the first of an annual round-up, celebrating recent news from Walter Award Winners (in previous years) and WNDB mentorship award winners, and forthcoming 2021 titles from winners and honorees of the Walter Dean Myers Award. Recent News from Current and Previous … [Read more...] about Celebrating the News of Walter Award Winners and WNDB Mentees

We​ ​Need​ ​Diverse​ ​Books Announces the ​2021​ ​Symposium on Diversity in Children’s Literature and the Walter​ ​Dean​ ​Myers​ ​Awards​ ​and​ ​Honor​ ​Books for​ ​Outstanding ​Children’s​ Literature

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE We​ ​Need​ ​Diverse​ ​Books Announces the ​2021​ ​Symposium on Diversity in Children’s Literature and the Walter​ ​Dean​ ​Myers​ ​Awards​ ​and​ ​Honor​ ​Books for​ ​Outstanding ​Children’s​ Literature January 21, 2021 Press Contact: Alaina Lavoie, … [Read more...] about We​ ​Need​ ​Diverse​ ​Books Announces the ​2021​ ​Symposium on Diversity in Children’s Literature and the Walter​ ​Dean​ ​Myers​ ​Awards​ ​and​ ​Honor​ ​Books for​ ​Outstanding ​Children’s​ Literature