Walter Dean Myers Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• Books transmit values. They explore our common humanity. What is the message when some children are not represented in those books?

  Walter Dean Myers

  Children, Book, Common Humanity

  "Where Are the People of Color in Children’s Books?" by Walter Dean Myers, www.nytimes.com. March 15, 2014.

• I read a lot of comic books and any kind of thing I could find. One day, a teacher found me. She grabbed my comic book and tore it up. I was really upset, but then she brought in a pile of books from her own library. That was the best thing that ever happened to me.

  Walter Dean Myers

  Teacher, Book, Upset

• I was teased if I brought my books home. I would take a paper bag to the library and put the books in the bag and bring them home. Not that I was that concerned about them teasing me - because I would hit them in a heartbeat. But I felt a little ashamed, having books.

  Walter Dean Myers

  Book, Home, Library

• Fifty percent of all meaningful education takes place in the home. What do you share with your child? You share your interests. I was a book person. I read with my son. My wife is an artist. She dragged his little butt around to museums. He's an illustrator of children's books.

  Walter Dean Myers

  Meaningful, Children, Book

• I think it's difficult for young people to acknowledge being smart, to knowledge being a reader. I see kids who are embarrassed to read books. They're embarrassed to have people see them doing it.

  Walter Dean Myers

  Smart, Book, Kids

  "To Do Well In Life, You Have To 'Read Well'". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, www.npr.org. January 10, 2012.

• It is this language of values which I hope to bring to my books. . . . I want to bring values to those who have not been valued, and I want to etch those values in terms of the ideal. Young people need ideals which identify them, and their lives, as central . . . guideposts which tell them what they can be, should be, and indeed are.

  Walter Dean Myers

  Book, People, Needs

• What I do with my books is to create windows to my world that all may peer into. I share the images, the feelings and thoughts, and, I hope, the delight.

  Walter Dean Myers

  Book, Feelings, Peers

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