![]() 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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