Biography
Betsy Cromer Byars (born August 7, 1928) is an American author of children's books. Her novel Summer of the Swans won the 1971 Newbery Medal. She has also received a National Book Award for Young People's Literature for The Night Swimmers (1980) and an Edgar Award for Wanted ... Mud Blossom (1991).
Byars has been called "one of the ten best writers for children in the world" by Nancy Chambers, editor of the British literary journal Signal, and in 1987 Byars received the Regina Medal for lifetime achievement from the Catholic Library Association. Due to the popularity of her books with children, she has also been listed as one of the Educational Paperback Association's top 100 authors.
Byars has been called "one of the ten best writers for children in the world" by Nancy Chambers, editor of the British literary journal Signal, and in 1987 Byars received the Regina Medal for lifetime achievement from the Catholic Library Association. Due to the popularity of her books with children, she has also been listed as one of the Educational Paperback Association's top 100 authors.
Books by Betsy Cromer Byars
My dog, my hero
Blossom Promise
Blossom Promise
The Blossoms and the Green Phantom
The Glory Girl
Boo's surprise
King of murder
Dog diaries
Boo's Dinosaur
Little Horse on his own
The SOS file
Top teen stories
Tornado (Trophy Chapter Book)
Beatles Chord Songbook (Chord Songbooks)
Adventure Stories That Will Thrill You
The Summer of the Swans with Related Readings
Me Tarzan
The Summer of the Swans Litera
The Summer of the Swans Literature Study Guide (LIT - Literature in Teaching)
After the goat man
Amy Makes a Friend (Biblioteca Araluce)
Ant Plays Bear: Level 3
Classic Teen Stories (Story Library)
Death's Door (Herculeah Jones Mystery)
My Brother, Ant
Scholastic Literature Guide
Summer of the Swans (Novel Uni
Summer of the Swans (Novel Units) (Teacher Guide)
The Pinballs (Teacher Guide)
The Pinballs (Teacher Guide)
Ant Plays Bear
Dead Letter (Herculeah Jones Mystery)
Hooray for the Golly sisters!
A Bean Birthday
Betsy Byars 2-in-1 (Bfs Only)
Betsy Byars 2-in-1 (Bfs Only)
The cartoonist
The Golly sisters ride again
The joy boys
McMummy
Betsy Byars Collection
Betsy Byars Collection
The Animal, the Vegetable, and John D. Jones
The Pinballs
The seven treasure hunts
A Lesson plan book for The Bur
A Lesson plan book for The Burning questions of Bingo Brown (Innovations, experiencing literature in the classroom)
Bingo Brown and the language of love
Wanted...Mud Blossom
Blossoms Meet the Vulture Lady (Blossom Family)
Good-bye, Chicken Little
Blossom Promise (Blossom Family)
The Blossom Family Quartet
The Blossom Family Quartet
The Golly Sisters Go West
The 18th emergency
The Computer Nut
Best of Betsy Byars
Best of Betsy Byars
2000 Pound Gold Fish
The night swimmers
The winged colt of Casa Mia
Five Betsy Byars Books
Five Betsy Byars Books
The Cybil War
The lace snail
The house of wings
Trouble River
The Summer of the Swans
The groober
Rama the Gypsy
The dancing camel