Byrd Baylor reads her own stories!
Byrd Baylor reads her own stories!
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I'm in Charge of Celebrations!Byrd's book tells about her own special experiences in
the southwest desert country that is her home. Her named days are for her
private celebrations and remembering. Watching a triple rainbow with a
jackrabbit alone on top of a hill becomes Rainbow Celebration Day, and
Dust Devil Day commemorates seven whirlwinds she saw at one time.
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The Best Town in the WorldByrd Baylor was born "way back in the Texas hills."
This book is about that very special place where her father just happened
to be born. "How's that for being lucky?" he asked. This is a
wonderfully affectionate and vivid recollection of a time and place
where dogs were smarter, chickens laid prettier eggs, and people made the
best toys in the world.
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AmigoAmigo is about two young friends: Francisco, who wants
a pet, and Amigo, a puppy parairie dog who wants a pet too! Francisco's
family is poor, so it will have to be a wild pet. Amigo's family thinks
he's crazy to want a boy for a friend. But, with patience and much good
will they finally come to know each other and, ultimately, tame each other.
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A story about the closeness of people and the land. The
Tohono O'odham are the strong, brown Desert People who call their earth
"mother." Byrd Baylor's book is about them and the deer and cactus,
hot sun and summer storms that are the Sonoran Desert. Narrated by Will
Rogers, Jr.
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A special book about the intimate feelings a child has
for his own just-right rock. Byrd Baylor gives her own ten personal rules
for finding your own.
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This beautiful tale is from a Pima Indian legend about
the birth of the First Coyote from his mother the Moon. All coyotes now
sing the same Moon Song of love and separation as they run over the hills.
Read by Byrd Baylor.
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