The Case of the Missing Ruby and Other Stories by Walter Dean Myers

The Dragon Take a Wife (1995) – Once upon a time, there lived a lonely dragon named Harry who knew that in order to get a wife, he had to prove his courage by fighting the knight in shining armor.

The Story of the Three Kingdoms ( 1995) – This original fable describes how humankind came to live peacefully with the animal world and its kingdoms in the sky, earth, and sea.

Glorious Angels: A Celebration of Children (1995) A collection of poems and antique photographs depicting children of many different nationalities.

Smiffy Blue: Ace Crime Detective (1996) – Smiffy Blue is the coolest, crime detective in Doober City who investigates everything from the disappearance of a prized racehorse to a museum theft of the famous ruby of Mora Mora.

Monkey sets out to teach the greedy bird a much-needed lesson. Monkey Saw the Whole World (1996) – After watching cold-hearted, cruel Mr.

The Blues of Flats Brown (2000) – Flats and Caleb, blues-pickin’ junkyard dogs, play street corners and small clubs, from Memphis to New York City but can’t seem to get away from their mean owner who keeps trying to drag them back home.

Blues Journey (2003) – The African experience in America is celebrated with a soulful, affecting blues poem that details the long journey from the Middle Passage to life today.

(2004) – Pictures and easy-to-read text introduce the life of one of the most celebrated figures of the twentieth century, civil rights leader Dr.

I’ve Seen The Promised Land: The Life of Dr.

Jazz (2006) – From bebop to New Orleans, from ragtime to boogie - and every style in between - this collection of energetic poems, accompanied by bright and exhilarating paintings, celebrates different styles of the American art form, jazz.

Wells was an extraordinary woman who was hard at work to better the lives of African Americans. Wells: Let The Truth Be Told (2008) – An activist, educator, writer, journalist, suffragette, and pioneering voice against the horror of lynching, Ida B.

Looking Like Me (2009) – This jumping, jazzy, joyful picture book by Myers and his son Christopher celebrates every child, and everything that a child can be.

Muhammad Ali: The People’s Champion (2009) – This vibrantly illustrated biography recounts the most famous fights and examines the depth and complexity of the larger-than-life legend Muhammad Ali.Looking for the Easy Life (2011) – Life is pretty good on Monkey Island, but Oswego Pete is bent on finding the Easy Life – a place where a monkey never has to bend all out of shape for a banana, or do any hard work.We Are America: A Tribute from the Heart (2011) – Walter Dean Myers teams up with son Christopher Myers to celebrate the heart and soul of America, its ordinary and extraordinary people, and the monumental events that have shaped it.

The Case of the Missing Ruby and Other Stories by Walter Dean Myers