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Byrd Baylor

Born

in Texas, The United States

March 28, 1924

Genre

Children's Books, Native American

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Byrd Baylor has always lived in the Southwest, mainly in Southern Arizona near the Mexican border. She is at home with the southwestern desert cliffs and mesas, rocks and open skies. She is comforted by desert storms. The Tohono O’odham people, previously known as the Papagos, are her neighbors and close friends. She has focused many of her writings on the region’s landscape, peoples, and values. Through her books of rhythmic prose poetry, written primarily for children, she celebrates the beauty of nature and her own feelings of rapport with it.
Byrd has written many books for children.

Her books have been honored with many prestigious children’s book awards, including the Caldecott Award and the Texas Bluebonnet Award. All of her books ar

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	Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor, Peter Parnall (Illustrator) 4.27 avg rating — 1,454 ratings — published 1974 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Table Where Rich People Sit by Byrd Baylor, Peter Parnall (Illustrator) 4.39 avg rating — 569 ratings — published 1994 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Way to Start a Day by Byrd Baylor, Peter Parnall (Illustrator) 4.08 avg rating — 596 ratings — published 1978 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I'm in Charge of Celebrations by Byrd Baylor, Peter Parnall (Illustrator) 4.50 avg rating — 538 ratings — published 1986 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Other Way to Listen by Byrd Baylor, Peter Parnall (Illustrator) 4.58 avg rating — 443 ratings — published 1978 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Desert Is Theirs by Byrd Baylor, Peter Parnall (Illustrator) 3.90 avg rating — 501 ratings — published 1975 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When Clay Sings by Byrd Baylor, Tom Bahti (Illustrator) 3.77 avg rating — 392 ratings — published 1972 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hawk, I'm Your Brother by Byrd Baylor, Peter Parnall (Illustrator) 3.58 avg rating — 360 ratings — published 1976 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Small Blue Bead by Byrd Baylor, Ronald Himler (Illustrator) 3.94 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 1965 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amigo by Byrd Baylor, Garth Williams (Illustrator) 4.01 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 1963 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Troubles run.
Fast and far . . .
Past the mountains
Behind a star.”
― Byrd Baylor

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