Walter Dean Myers was the man who ushered me into the role of Ambassador for You...

Walter Dean Myers was the man who ushered me into the role of Ambassador for Young People’s Literature.
I said to him, “I don’t know if I can do this.”
And he said, “Of course you can do this.”
He sat next to me at the induction ceremony.
And sitting beside him made me feel brave.
Today, the day after his death, I am thinking about his words, his stories.
I am thinking about the gentle man he was.
I am thinking that no one can ever discount the power of words, because the life of Walter Dean...