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Category: A Time to Break Silence
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Beacon remembers the prolific and beloved children’s book writer Walter Dean Myers, author of over 100 books, including ‘Bad Boy,’ ‘Monster,’ ‘Darius & Twig,’ ‘Lockdown,’ and ‘Autobiography of My Dead Brother.’
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In the fall of 2011, staff from Beacon Press, Random House, and the literary representative for the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Estate brought together a blue-ribbon panel of educators, including teachers, librarians, and administrators to discuss how to better teach Dr. King in 21st century classrooms. The result from that meeting is ‘A Time…