![]() ![]() ![]() Although Amigo is very different from Baylor's usual style, Baylor's story is simple and fun. Baylor's publications span a period of over forty years, but the constant throughout her entire career is this sense of a deep and abiding connection to the desert.īaylor's earliest available publication is Amigo (1963), a surprisingly sweet story of boy and prairie dog who befriend one another told in a sing-song rhyme. Baylor's stories are told in free verse that moves quietly forward, celebrating the desert and calling for her readers to spend more time listening to and appreciating the world that surrounds them. Baylor is a resident of Arivaca.īyrd Baylor is one of the most ubiquitous names in Southwestern children's literature. Four of her books -WhenClay Sings (1973), The Desert is Theirs (1976), Hawk, I'm Your Brother (1977), and The Way to Start a Day (1979) - have been recognized as Caldecott Honor Books. Her writing primarily focuses on the places and people of the Southwestern United States. Byrd Baylor is the author of more than twenty books of children's poetry. ![]()
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