By Padma Venkatraman This year, a day before I was scheduled to fly to Washington, DC, to receive the Walter Dean Myers Award for The Bridge Home in the company of friends and family and colleagues who had supported and believed in me for the past three decades in this country, the COVID-19 … [Read more...] about Why Winning the Walter Award Means the World To Padma Venkatraman
Walter Dean Myers Award
WNDB Announces the 2020 Walter Awards Winners & Honorees
Please be advised We Need Diverse Books will cancel the Diversity in Children’s Literature Symposium and the Walter Dean Myers Award Ceremony on Friday, March 13, 2020, out of an abundance of caution. The health of the authors, educators, librarians, and students scheduled to attend the event is of … [Read more...] about WNDB Announces the 2020 Walter Awards Winners & Honorees
