Betsy Byars List
Published on 31 Jul 2006 at 9:05 am. Filed under Featured Authors.
Betsy Byars
Betsy Byars “has written over sixty books for young people. She has won many awards. Among them are the Newbery Medal in 1971 for her novel The Summer of the Swans, the American Book Award in 1981 for The Night Swimmers, The Edgar (for the best mystery for young people) in 1992 for Wanted..Mud Blossom…”
“Betsy lives with her husband Ed on an air strip in South Carolina. They are both pilots, and the bottom floor of their house is a hangar so they can taxi out and take off, almost from their front yard. “
Her birthday is August 7th!
Learn more about Betsy by clicking on Author Betsy Byars’s Homepage
Top Ten Most Popular Betsy Byars Books in the Children’s Room
TRY TO GUESS THE NUMBER ONE BEFORE YOU LOOK!
10. The Non-Just-Anybody Family
9. My Brother, Ant
8. The Summer of the Swans
7. Ant Plays Bear
6. Tornado
5. Wanted–Mud Blossom
4. The Seven Treasure Hunts
3. Hooray for the Golly Sisters!
2. The Golly Sisters Ride Again
1. The Golly Sisters Go West
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