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Byrd Baylor

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born

March 28, 1924 in Texas, The United States

gender

female

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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Books by Byrd Baylor

Average rating: 4.19 · 1,192 ratings · 236 reviews · 33 distinct works

	Everybody Needs a Rock (An Aladdin Book) by Byrd Baylor, Peter Parnall (Illustrator) 4.28 avg rating — 298 ratings — published 1974 — 6 editions	My rating:
	I'm in Charge of Celebrations by Byrd Baylor, Peter Parnall (Illustrator) 4.52 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 1986 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Table Where Rich People Sit (Aladdin Picture Books) by Byrd Baylor, Peter Parnall (Illustrator) 4.39 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Way to Start a Day by Byrd Baylor, Peter Parnall (Illustrator) 4.08 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1978 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Other Way to Listen by Byrd Baylor, Peter Parnall (Illustrator), Peter Parnell (Illustrator) 4.60 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 1978 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Desert Is Theirs by Byrd Baylor, Peter Parnall (Illustrator) 3.82 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 1975 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Hawk, I'm Your Brother 3.73 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 1976 — 6 editions	My rating:
	When Clay Sings 3.57 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1972 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Desert Voices 4.15 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1981 — 4 editions	My rating:
	One Small Blue Bead by Byrd Baylor, Ronald Himler (Illustrator) 4.29 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1992	My rating: