Betsy Cromer Byars

Betsy Cromer Byars

Betsy Cromer Byars has written at least 63 books. Their most popular book is The night swimmers with 2 saves with an average rating of 4⭐.

Author Bio

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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The night swimmers
The night swimmers
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
42 reads
Trouble River
Trouble River
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
01 read
The Golly Sisters go West
The Golly Sisters go West
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
The Cybil War
The Cybil War
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
01 read
The summer of the swans
The summer of the swans
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
The 18th emergency
The 18th emergency
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
41 read
Tarot Says Beware
Tarot Says Beware
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
Dog diaries
Dog diaries
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
King  of murder
King of murder
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
Bingo Brown and the language of love
Bingo Brown and the language of love
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
Beans on the Roof
Beans on the Roof
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
Little Horse
Little Horse
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
Dead Letter (Herculeah Jones Mystery)
Dead Letter (Herculeah Jones Mystery)
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
The cartoonist
The cartoonist
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
Tornado
Tornado
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
The two-thousand-pound goldfish
The two-thousand-pound goldfish
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
Cracker Jackson
Cracker Jackson
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
The Golly sisters ride again
The Golly sisters ride again
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
Cat diaries
Cat diaries
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
The moon and I
The moon and I
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
The seven treasure hunts
The seven treasure hunts
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
The glory girl
The glory girl
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
Hooray for the Golly sisters!
Hooray for the Golly sisters!
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
After the goat man
After the goat man
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
Death's Door
Death's Door
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
Tornado
Tornado
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
The burning questions of Bingo Brown
The burning questions of Bingo Brown
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
Coast to coast
Coast to coast
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
The house of wings
The house of wings
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
McMummy
McMummy
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
Keeper of the Doves
Keeper of the Doves
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
The animal, the vegetable, and John D Jones
The animal, the vegetable, and John D Jones
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
The TV Kid
The TV Kid
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
Beans on the roof
Beans on the roof
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
Go and hush the baby
Go and hush the baby
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
Little Horse on his own
Little Horse on his own
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
Me Tarzan
Me Tarzan
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
Ant Plays Bear
Ant Plays Bear
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
Disappearing acts
Disappearing acts
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
A Blossom promise
A Blossom promise
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
Bingo Brown's guide to romance
Bingo Brown's guide to romance
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
The joy boys
The joy boys
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
Wanted-- Mud Blossom
Wanted-- Mud Blossom
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
My Brother, Ant
My Brother, Ant
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
The black tower
The black tower
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
Tarot says beware
Tarot says beware
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
Bingo Brown, gypsy lover
Bingo Brown, gypsy lover
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
Death's Door
Death's Door
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
The computer nut
The computer nut
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
My dog, my hero
My dog, my hero
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
The dark stairs
The dark stairs
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
Dead letter
Dead letter
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
Dead letter
Dead letter
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads
The Blossoms meet the vulture lady
The Blossoms meet the vulture lady
  • Betsy Cromer Byars
00 reads