And his story made for conversation with the girls on the ride home. Clark shared, “His story is of challenge and victory. That December night, the family met Myers and stayed through his presentation. ”Ĭlark saw a poster at Saddlebrook Branch advertising the program this was her chance to meet the author who was an integral part of her daughters’ childhood.
Maya liked ‘Jeannie Had a Giggle’ and Indira liked ‘Jolly, Jolly.’ I used the poem ‘Pretty Little Black Girl’ to teach them to count to 10. Each girl had her favorite and would make her request. Clark began reading the book to daughters Maya, then 3 years old, and Indira, then 2, on a nightly basis. The book is a collection of 11 original poems, with photographs, about African-American children in the early 1900s. Guests enjoyed refreshments, lucky ones got their books signed, and the night was capped with an inspiring presentation by Myers.Įight years ago North Omaha native Brenda Clark bought Brown Angels: An Album of Pictures and Verse by Walter Dean Myers. The free public event drew a crowd of over 500 people. OPL hosted author Walter Dean Myers, 2012-2013 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, on Decemat Joslyn Art Museum. One weathered 40-page book encapsulating almost a decade’s worth of family history led a mother and her two daughters to an Omaha Public Library author event last month.
Brenda Clark, center, with daughters Indira and Maya at Joslyn Art Museum
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