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Betsy Cromer Byars

August 7, 1928 - February 26, 2020

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.

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  • Cover of: The Summer of the Swans

    First published in 1970 44 editions in 2 languages — 17 previewable Cover of edition elveranodeloscis0000byar_x0b4 Cover of edition summerofswans00byar Cover of edition summerofswans00byar_0 Cover of edition summerofswans0000byar Cover of edition isbn_9780142404416 Cover of edition summerofswans0000byar_q9r3 Cover of edition isbn_9780758702173 Cover of edition isbn_9780141311890 Cover of edition lccn_059032525x
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  • Cover of: The Pinballs

    First published in 1977 34 editions in 3 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition ballesdeflipper0000byar Cover of edition bolaslocas0000bets Cover of edition pinballs0000byar Cover of edition pinballs00byar
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  • Cover of: The midnight fox

    First published in 1968 30 editions in 3 languages — 7 previewable Cover of edition midnightfox0000byar_w1y1 Cover of edition midnightfox00byar Cover of edition marenardedeminui0000byar Cover of edition midnightfox1968byar Cover of edition midnightfox0000byar Cover of edition midnightfox00byar_0
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  • Cover of: The 18th emergency

    First published in 1973 27 editions in 2 languages — 6 previewable Cover of edition eighteenthemerge0000byar Cover of edition eighteenthemerge0000byar_g7u2 Cover of edition 18themergency00bets Cover of edition 18themergency00byar Cover of edition eighteenthemerge0000bets
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  • Cover of: The TV kid

    First published in 1974 22 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition tvkid00byar Cover of edition tvkid0000bets
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  • Cover of: The night swimmers

    First published in 1980 20 editions in 1 language — 7 previewable Cover of edition nightjourneys0000avi1_l4n6 Cover of edition nightswimmers0000byar_e8n7 Cover of edition piscinedenuit0000byar Cover of edition nightswimmers00byar Cover of edition nightswimmers0000byar_y4r2 Cover of edition nightswimmers0000bets
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  • Cover of: The not-just-anybody family

    First published in 1986 18 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition notjustanybodyfa00byar Cover of edition notjustanybodyfa0000byar
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  • Cover of: The two-thousand-pound goldfish

    First published in 1982 18 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition burbujaselpezdeu0000byar Cover of edition twothousandpound0000byar
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  • Cover of: Trouble River

    First published in 1969 15 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition troubleriver0000bets
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  • Cover of: The Cybil war

    First published in 1981 15 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition cybilwar00bets Cover of edition cybilwar00byar Cover of edition cybilwar0000byar
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  • Cover of: Wanted...Mud Blossom

    First published in 1991 15 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition wantedmudblossom0000baye Cover of edition wantedmudbloss00byar Cover of edition wantedmudblossom0000byar Cover of edition wantedmudblossom00bets
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  • Cover of: The cartoonist

    First published in 1978 14 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition cartoonist00byar Cover of edition cartoonist00bets
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  • Cover of: The burning questions of Bingo Brown

    First published in 1988 14 editions in 2 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition burningquestions0000byar Cover of edition burningquestions00byar_1 Cover of edition burningquestions00byar
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  • Cover of: My Brother, Ant

    First published in 1996 13 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition mybrotherant0000unse Cover of edition mybrotherant00byar
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  • Cover of: Bingo Brown and the language of love.

    First published in 1989 13 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition bingobrownlangua00byar Cover of edition bingobrownlangu00byar
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  • Cover of: The blossoms and the green phantom

    First published in 1987 13 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition blossonsgreenpha0000byar Cover of edition blossomsgreenpha00bets Cover of edition blossomsgreenpha00byar
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  • Cover of: The house of wings

    First published in 1972 13 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition houseofwings00byar_0
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  • Cover of: The animal, the vegetable, and John D Jones

    First published in 1982 13 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition desvacancesahist0000byar
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  • Cover of: A Blossom promise

    First published in 1987 13 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Blossoms meet the vulture lady

    First published in 1986 13 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
Children's fiction, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Children's stories, Family life, fiction, Family life, Large type books, Juvenile Fiction, Family, Family, fiction, Juvenile literature, Mystery and detective stories, Brothers and sisters, fiction, Mystery, Siblings, fiction, Brothers and sisters, Children's stories, American, Detective and mystery stories, Dogs, Jones, herculeah (fictitious character), fiction, Dogs, fiction, Friendship, Friendship, fiction, Herculeah Jones (Fictitious character), Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
Places
West (U.S.), Kentucky, Texas
People
Betsy Cromer Byars
Time
20th century, 1865-, 1970s

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  • Betsy's Byars
  • BETSY BYARS
  • Byars Betsy
  • Betsy C. Byars
  • Betsy Byar
  • Betsy Byars
  • Byars Betsy.
  • Byars. Betsy
  • betsy byers

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November 13, 2022 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
October 11, 2022 Edited by OnFrATa Added identifiers, dates
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