Walter Dean Myers is a writer, a photography collector, a flute player, a cat owner, a Harlem native, a former basketball player, a husband, and a father. You can visit him at www.walterdeanmyers.net.
Christopher Myers is an artist, a writer, a photographer, a clothes designer, a Brooklynite, a former baseball player, and a son.

"Students will enjoy the jazzy rhythm and upbeat message of the poem....Highly Recommended." --starred review, Library Media Connection

-- (11/1/2009 12:00:00 AM)

"The rhyme and repetition flow naturally, capturing the rhythms of everyday conversation and the hip-hop beats many children hear daily....This book is an excellent introduction to verse, for it vividly demonstrates how poetry is a vital part of daily life." --starred, School Library Journal

-- (11/1/2009 12:00:00 AM)

"This very contemporary work is encouraging, energetic, and inspired." --starred, Booklist

-- (10/15/2009 12:00:00 AM)

"This vibrant synthesis of poetry and pictures is a natural for classrooms and family sharing." --starred, Kirkus Reviews

-- (9/15/2009 12:00:00 AM)

"[E]ven the more curmudgeonly among us might appreciate the message when it's dressed up as fine as it is in this picture book by Myers pére et fils." --The Horn Book Magazine

-- (1/1/2009 12:00:00 AM)

Publisher: Carolrhoda Books (R)

Pub date: 2009-10-27

Length: 32 pages