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Betsy Cromer Byars is the author of The Moon and I (1994), The Pinballs (1987), The Summer of the Swans (2000), The Night Swimmers (1989), The Not-just-anybody Family (1987).

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The Moon and I

by: Betsy Cromer Byars, Cullinan
release date: Jan 01, 1994
The Moon and I
While describing her humorous adventures with a blacksnake, Betsy Byars recounts childhood anecdotes and explains how she writes a book.

The Pinballs

by: Betsy Cromer Byars
release date: Jan 01, 1987
The Pinballs
Three lonely foster children learn to care about themselves and each other.

The Summer of the Swans

by: Betsy Cromer Byars
release date: Jan 01, 2000
The Summer of the Swans

The Night Swimmers

by: Betsy Cromer Byars
release date: Jan 01, 1989
The Night Swimmers
With their mother dead and their father working nights, Retta tries to be mother to her two younger brothers.

The Not-just-anybody Family

by: Betsy Cromer Byars
release date: Jan 01, 1987
The Not-just-anybody Family
With a young brother in the hospital, a grandfather in jail, and their mother traveling with a rodeo, Maggie and Vern try to settle family problems.

Beans on the Roof

by: Betsy Cromer Byars
release date: Aug 01, 1990
Beans on the Roof
One by one, the members of the Bean family repair to the roof of their apartment building to compose poetry, an exercise that brings joy to all, except George Bean.

The Keeper of the Doves

by: Betsy Cromer Byars
release date: Jan 01, 2002
The Keeper of the Doves
In the late 1800s in Kentucky, Amie McBee and her four sisters both fear and torment the reclusive and seemingly sinister Mr. Tominski, but their father continues to provide for his needs.

My Brother, Ant

by: Betsy Cromer Byars
release date: Jan 01, 1996
My Brother, Ant
Level 3. This story presents a warm, funny relationship between a boy and his sweet, sometimes annoying, younger brother Ant (short for Anthony).

The Cartoonist

by: Betsy Cromer Byars
The Cartoonist
Threatened with the loss of his private place in the attic of his crowded home, a young boy determines to keep it at all costs.

The Dark Stairs

by: Betsy Cromer Byars
release date: Jan 01, 1994
The Dark Stairs
Mystery is in Herculeah''s blood with both of her parents working as detectives.

Ant Plays Bear

by: Betsy Cromer Byars
release date: Jan 01, 1997
Ant Plays Bear
Ant and his brother play a game, discuss growing up, hear a scary noise, and learn to be friends.

The Winged Colt of Casa Mia

by: Betsy Cromer Byars
The Winged Colt of Casa Mia
Jon finds his dream Palomino but despite months of attention and affection the animal refuses to recognize him as master.

The TV Kid

by: Betsy Cromer Byars
release date: Aug 11, 2008
The TV Kid
To escape failure, boredom, and loneliness, a young boy plunges with all his imagination into the world of television.

The Blossoms and the Green Phantom

by: Betsy Cromer Byars
release date: Jul 10, 2009
The Blossoms and the Green Phantom
Disasters befall the Blossom family as Pap falls into a dumpster and cannot get out, Junior tries desperately to make a success of his secret invention, and Vern dreads letting a new friend meet his unusual family.

Trouble River

by: Betsy Cromer Byars
release date: Jul 10, 2009
Trouble River
When he builds his raft, a twelve-year-old boy never dreams that it will serve as the sole means of escape for him and his grandmother when hostile Indians threaten their prairie cabin.

The Blossoms Meet the Vulture Lady

by: Betsy Cromer Byars
release date: Jul 10, 2009
The Blossoms Meet the Vulture Lady
When Junior accidentally gets caught in his own coyote trap deep in the woods, he is rescued by the reclusive woman known as Mad Mary and begins an unforgettable adventure.

Good-bye, Chicken Little

by: Susan Jeschke, Betsy Cromer Byars
Good-bye, Chicken Little
A boy discovers that he doesn''t have to feel personally responsible for his uncle''s drowning.
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