We Need Diverse Books | 2022 Walter Dean Myers Awards for Outstanding Children’s Literature @diversebooks | Uploaded June 2022 | Updated October 2024, 10 minutes ago.
The seventh annual Walter Awards will be held on Thursday, June 23, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. ET. The event will be livestreamed and held in person at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, DC. The final decision will consider the status of COVID-19 cases in the local area and align with recommended CDC guidelines for indoor gatherings.
The two-part event opens with a symposium on children’s literature followed by the awards ceremony. The symposium, “Open Books, Open Minds,” features the Walter Honorees, moderated by youth librarian and literacy advocate Deborah D. Taylor, and will highlight the recent bans and challenges on diverse books across the country. The Awards ceremony emcee is lauded author-illustrator Grace Lin.
Named after legendary author Walter Dean Myers, the Walters are unique among other literary awards in that WNDB donates 2,000 copies of the winning books to schools and libraries throughout the country via the WNDB in the Classroom program. By helping children find stories they can relate to, we can foster a lifelong love of reading. Since 2014, WNDB has donated over 75,000 books across 49 states and the District of Columbia.
The Awards comprise two categories: Teen (ages 13-18) and Younger Readers (ages 9-13). One Winner and two Honor Books in each category have been named.
The seventh annual Walter Awards will be held on Thursday, June 23, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. ET. The event will be livestreamed and held in person at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, DC. The final decision will consider the status of COVID-19 cases in the local area and align with recommended CDC guidelines for indoor gatherings.
The two-part event opens with a symposium on children’s literature followed by the awards ceremony. The symposium, “Open Books, Open Minds,” features the Walter Honorees, moderated by youth librarian and literacy advocate Deborah D. Taylor, and will highlight the recent bans and challenges on diverse books across the country. The Awards ceremony emcee is lauded author-illustrator Grace Lin.
Named after legendary author Walter Dean Myers, the Walters are unique among other literary awards in that WNDB donates 2,000 copies of the winning books to schools and libraries throughout the country via the WNDB in the Classroom program. By helping children find stories they can relate to, we can foster a lifelong love of reading. Since 2014, WNDB has donated over 75,000 books across 49 states and the District of Columbia.
The Awards comprise two categories: Teen (ages 13-18) and Younger Readers (ages 9-13). One Winner and two Honor Books in each category have been named.
