I'm in Charge of Celebrations Contributor(s): Baylor, Byrd (Author), Parnall, Peter (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0684185792 ISBN-13: 9780684185798 Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 1986 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature - General - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations - General (see Also Religious - Christian - Holiday - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - General |
Dewey: E |
LCCN: 85019633 |
Lexile Measure: 700 |
Physical Information: 0.35" H x 8.31" W x 10.31" (0.78 lbs) 32 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 60794 Reading Level: 3.9 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Byrd Baylor's text captures and shares some of the special experiences in the Southwest desert country that have inaugurated her private celebrations: The Time of Falling Stars, in the middle of August, when every time a streak of light goes shooting through the darkness, I feel my heart shoot out of me; Rainbow Celebration Day, marking the time she and a jackrabbit stood together watching a triple-rainbow over a canyon; and the real New Year's Day (January first is just another winter day), the day spring begins. I celebrate with horned toads and ravens and lizards and quail...And, Friend, it's not a bad part |
Contributor Bio(s): Baylor, Byrd: - Byrd Baylor lives and writes in Arizona, presenting images of the Southwest and an intense connection between the land and the people. Her prose illustrates vividly the value of simplicity, the natural world, and the balance of life within it. |