Betsy Byars
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Authors and Illustrators: Betsy Byars
Betsy Byars: Educational Paperback Association
Betsy Byars Homepage
Betsy Byars: Teacher Resource File
Betsy Byars: Techniques and Themes
Young Readers Catalog: Betsy Byars
Betsy Byars: Author Study
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Newsletter--Featured Author: Betsy Byars
BETSY BYARS PAPERS--de Grummond Collection
The Burning Questions of Bingo Brown: A Realistic Fiction Book Project
The Pinballs(lesson plan)
Summer of the Swans (lesson plan 1)
Summer of the Swans (lesson plan 2)
Trouble River (lesson plan)
Online Discussion Groups/Listservs
Book Discussion Groups for Kids
Mailing Lists Related to Children's Literature
Citations from the ERIC Database
AN: EJ561428
AU: Hemmer,-Jeanie
TI: Melissa's Year in Sixth Grade: A Technology Integration Vignette.
DE: A Technology Integration Vignette.
PY: 1998
SO: Learning-and-Leading-with-Technology; v25 n5 p11-15 Feb 1998
DE: *Computer-Literacy; *Educational-Technology; *Elementary-School-Curriculum
DE: Biology-; Childrens-Literature; Computer-Games; Computer-Uses-in-Education; Diving-; Grade-6; Intermediate-Grades; Light-; Motion-; Physics-; Probability-; Sciences-; Temperature-; Units-of-Study
AB: In 1995, rather than require seventh-grade computer literacy classes, Texas allowed school districts to integrate technology skills into curricula. This article, the first of three, describes technology integration for sixth grade. Includes unit ideas on nations; the Holocaust; Olympic diving; Christmas; probability; organisms; Antarctica; temperature, light, and motion; Amazon Trail; Mr. Popper's Penguins and Summer of the Swans. (PEN)
AN: EJ556752
AU: Callaway-Schaefer,-Judith
TI: Betsy Byars: Techniques and Themes.
PY: 1997 SO: ALAN-Review; v25 n1 p20-22 Fall 1997
DE: *Adolescent-Literature; *Childrens-Literature; *Literary-Criticism
DE: Characterization-; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Fiction-; Novels-
AB: Presents as overview of the children's and adolescent literature of Betsy Byars, giving special weight to technique and theme. (TB)
AN: EJ543121
AU: Scales,-Pat
TI: Betsy Byars' "The Summer of the Swans."
PY: 1996
SO: Book-Links; v6 n2 p16-22 Nov 1996
NT: Journal availability: Book Links, 434 W. Downer, Aurora, IL 60506.
DE: *Annotated-Bibliographies; *Authors-; *Books-; *Childrens-Literature; *Class-Activities; *Disabilities-
DE: Art-; Biographies-; Drama-; Early-Adolescents; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Fiction-; Interviews-; Language-Arts; Nonfiction-; Picture-Books
AB: Summarizes the plot of "The Summer of the Swans," the 1971 Newbery Medal winner; provides discussion questions; outlines activities in drama, art, and language arts; and provides an annotated bibliography of picture books, fiction, and nonfiction dealing with physical, mental, and emotional disabilities. Includes an interview with Betsy Byars and identifies sources of biographical information. (PEN)
AN: EJ476319
AU: Byars,-Betsy
TI: Ladders and Authority: Creating the Gift.
PY: 1994
SO: Journal-of-Youth-Services-in-Libraries; v7 n2 p141-46 Win 1994
DE: *Authors-; *Books-; *Childrens-Literature; *Writing-Processes
DE: Characterization-; Conferences-; Editing-; Time-Perspective
AB: Presents the text of a speech given by Betsy Byars, a children's author, at the Second Annual Celebration of Children's Literature Conference that provides insights into her writing processes. Topics discussed include editing, time frames, the number of characters, naming characters, writing with authority, and books leading children to other books. (LRW)
AN: EJ460932
AU: Wepner,-Shelley-B.
TI: Technology and Author Studies (Technology Links to Literacy).
PY: 1993
SO: Reading-Teacher; v46 n7 p616-19 Apr 1993
NT: Special Issue: Innovations in Literacy for a Diverse Society.
DE: *Authors-; *Childrens-Literature
DE: Computer-Software-Reviews; Educational-Technology; Elementary-Education
AB: Describes how different types of software can be used to extend students' reading of different books by three authors: Mercer Mayer, Judy Viorst, and Betsy Byars. (RS)
AN: ED321258
AU: D'Angelo,-Dolores-A.
TI: The Female Character in Middle School Fiction: Do Contemporary Adolescent Characters Reflect Realistic Developmental Role Models?
PY: 1989
NT: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English (79th, Baltimore, MD, November 17-22, 1989).
PR: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
DE: *Adolescent-Literature; *Characterization-; *Females-; *Novels-; *Reading-Material-Selection; *Role-Models
DE: Adolescent-Development; Adolescents-; Content-Analysis; Developmental-Tasks; Middle-Schools; Reading-Research; Recreational-Reading; Secondary-Education; Sex-Role
AB: This study utilizes content analysis to compare and contrast the female protagonists in award-winning contemporary adolescent fiction. R. J. Havighurst's developmental tasks are discussed in reference to diverse female protagonists from approved school reading lists in Montgomery County, Maryland. Sara, from "Summer of the Swans" (Byars, 1970) and Dicey from "Dicey's Song" (Voight, 1982) are analyzed in attempt or achievement of these tasks. The study concludes that there is a lack of strong, positive female protagonists in adolescent literature. Because of the impact of reading on adolescents, teachers should incorporate more novels featuring strong female role models for reading by both males and females. (Three tables of data are included, and 17 refernces are attached.) (Author)
AN: EJ339924
AU: Hale,-Robert-D.
TI: Musings.
PY: 1986
SO: Horn-Book-Magazine; v62 n5 p624-25 Sep-Oct 1986
DE: *Artists-; *Authors-; *Childrens-Literature; *Creative-Writing; *Illustrations-
DE: Art-Appreciation; Art-Expression; Conferences-; Public-Speaking
AB: Offers positive criticism of the presentations by authors and illustrators of children's books delivered at children's book and author programs, specifically the New Orleans American Booksellers Association Conference where J. Aruego, R. Peck, and B. Byars spoke and/or gave demonstrations. (SRT)
AN: EJ322103
AU: Byars,-Betsy
TI: Leo Edwards and the Secret and Mysterious Order of the Freckled Goldfish.
PY: 1985
SO: Horn-Book-Magazine; v61 n5 p533-35 Sep-Oct 1985
DE: *Personal-Narratives
DE: Childhood-Interests; Childrens-Literature; Fiction-; Literature-Appreciation; Novels-; Reading-Materials; Recreational-Reading
AB: Reflects on childhood memories of reading a number of books by Leo Edwards and Margaret Pedler. (EL)
AN: EJ297965
AU: Hansen,-I.-V.
TI: A Decade of Betsy Byars' Boys.
PY: 1984
SO: Children's-Literature-in-Education; v15 n1 p3-11 Spr 1984
DE: *Characterization-; *Childrens-Literature; *Literary-Criticism; *Literature-Appreciation; *Males-
DE: Interpersonal-Relationship
AB: Discusses Betsy Byars' successful portrayal of small boys in a sometimes bewildering and unfair world. (HOD)
AN: EJ274242
AU: Segel,-Elizabeth
TI: Betsy Byars: An Interview.
PY: 1982 SO: Children's-Literature-in-Education; v13 n4 p171-79 Win 1982
DE: *Authors-; *Childhood-Interests; *Childrens-Literature; *Early-Experience
DE: Interviews-; Writing-Composition
AB: Betsy Byars, author of more than 15 children's books, comments upon her life and work, stressing the potent impact of childhood experience on her writing. (HOD)
AN: ED216464
TI: The Handicapped in Literature. A Curriculum to Foster Understanding of People with Disabilities.
CS: City Univ. of New York, NY. Hunter Coll.
PY: 1981
AV: New York State Education Department Publication Sales Desk, Room 169, Education Building Annex, Albany, NY 12234 (no price quoted).
NT: For related documents, see EC 142 414-415. Prepared by the Special Education Development Centers at Hunter College.
PR: EDRS Price MF01/PC11 Plus Postage.
DE: *Disabilities-; *Drama-; *English-Instruction; *Learning-Activities; *Literature-; *Poetry-
DE: Curriculum-Guides; Fiction-; High-Schools; Intermediate-Grades; Junior-High-Schools; Student-Attitudes
AB: The first of three volumes presenting a curriculum designed to help nonhandicapped students understand students with disabilities focuses on the use of literature to foster that understanding in junior and senior high. The first section examines literature in high school, and presents lessons (theme, objectives, and discussion guides) for five works of fiction: "Of Mice and Men," "Flowers for Algernon," "To Kill a Mockingbird," "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden," and "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter." The drama section provides lessons for "Richard III," "The Glass Managerie," and "The Miracle Worker." Poems are included in a separate section with selections on blindness, deafness, and physical impairment. Literature for junior high and intermediate schools is represented by fiction ("Summer of the Swans," "Deenie," and "Listen for the Fig Tree"), nonfiction ("Karen" and "Tom Sullivan's Adventures in Darkness") and poems about deafness and physical impairment. (CL)
AN: EJ179174
AU: Jackson,-David
TI: Using "The Midnight Fox" with a Group of Secondary School First Formers
PY: 1978
SO: English-in-Education; 12, 1, 1-8, Spr 78
DE: *English-Instruction; *Literature-Appreciation; *Student-Reaction; *Teaching-Methods
DE: Reading-Interests; Secondary-Education; Student-Attitudes; Student-Teacher-Relationship
AB: Uses account of one class's reaction to Betsy Byars' novel as a basis for discussion of the interplay between the pupils' everyday knowledge, the world of the book, and the teacher. (AA)
AN: ED120681
AU: Block,-Ann, ed.; Riley,-Carolyn, ed.
TI: Children's Literature Review: Excerpts from Reviews, Criticism, and Commentary on Books for Children and Young People. Volume 1.
PY: 1976
AV: Gale Research Co., Book Tower, Detroit, Michigan 48226 ($25.00 cloth)
PR: Document Not Available from EDRS.
DE: *Authors-; *Book-Reviews; *Books-; *Childrens-Literature; *Literary-Criticism; *Literature-
DE: Biographical-Inventories; Elementary-Education; Literature-Reviews
AB: This is the first volume of a semiannual children's literature review reference series, each volume of which will present criticism of about 40 authors and will include excerpts from more than 45 books and from various issues of about 35 periodicals. A short paragraph following each author listing identifies the author by nationality, principal genre, and major awards received. The three sections following the biographical comment are: general commentary dealing with major themes; excerpts pertaining to individual titles, arranged chronologically under those titles; and locator or index citations for additional material which might be of interest to researchers. The cumulative indexes include an author, critic, and title index. The authors included in this volume are: Aiken, Alcott, Alexander, Anglund, Armstrong, Bond, Burton, Byars, Cameron, Corvett, Dahl, DeAngeli, DeJong, Dubois, Fitzgerald, Fitzhugh, Fleischman, Fox, Geisel, George, Glubok, Hamilton, Hentoff, Hunt, Deats, Konigsburg, Lee, L'Engle, Lindgren, Milne, Morrow, O'Dell, Potter, Quarles, Raskin, Selsam, Sendak, Singer, Sterling, Sutcliff, White, and Wojciechowska. (MKM)
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Other resources from Doucette Index: K-12 Literature-Based Teaching Ideas
Byars, Betsy
The pinballs
See pp.99-108:
Cairney, Trevor H.
Other worlds: the endless possibilities of literature (Portsmouth, N.H.: Heinemann, 1991)
Byars, Betsy
The midnight fox
See pp.166-187:
Malloch, Jean
Books alive, a literature-based integrated program: teacher's guide 5 (Toronto, Ont.: Doubleday Canada, 1986)
Byars, Betsy
The pinballs
See pp.37-52:
Mohr, Carolyn
Thinking activities for books children love: a whole language approach (Englewood, Colorado: Teacher Ideas Press, 1988)
Byars, Betsy
See pp.86-99:
Wildberger, Mary Elizabeth
Approaches to literature through authors (Phoenix, Arizona: Oryx Press, 1993)
Byars, Betsy
Summer of the swans
See pp.88-92:
Wildberger, Mary Elizabeth
Approaches to literature through authors (Phoenix, Arizona: Oryx Press, 1993)
Byars, Betsy
Cracker Jackson
See pp.93-94:
Wildberger, Mary Elizabeth
Approaches to literature through authors (Phoenix, Arizona: Oryx Press, 1993)
Byars, Betsy
The burning questions of Bingo Brown
See pp.94-95:
Wildberger, Mary Elizabeth
Approaches to literature through authors (Phoenix, Arizona: Oryx Press, 1993)
Byars, Betsy
Bingo Brown and the language of love
See pp.95-96:
Wildberger, Mary Elizabeth
Approaches to literature through authors (Phoenix, Arizona: Oryx Press, 1993)
Byars, Betsy
Bingo Brown, gypsy lover
See pp.96-99:
Wildberger, Mary Elizabeth
Approaches to literature through authors (Phoenix, Arizona: Oryx Press, 1993)
Byars, Betsy
The burning questions of Bingo Brown
See pp.253-256:
Cameron, Linda
Reflexions 5 (Richmond Hill, Ont.: Scholastic Canada, 1993)
Byars, Betsy
The eighteenth emergency
See pp.18-20:
Roets, Lois
The junior novel reader's theatre (O'Fallon, Mo.: Book Lures, 1984)
Byars, Betsy
Trouble river
See pp.21-23:
Roets, Lois
The junior novel reader's theatre (O'Fallon, Mo.: Book Lures, 1984)
Byars, Betsy
The summer of swans
See pp.1304-1309:
Beetz, Kirk H.
Beacham's guide to literature for young adults, Vol. 3 (Washington, D.C: Beacham Publishing, 1990)
Byars, Betsy
The burning questions of Bingo Brown
See pp.28-33:
Ammon, Bette
Handbook for the 1991 young reader's choice award nominees (Pocatello, Idaho: Beyond Basals, 1990)
Byars, Betsy
After the goat man
See p.67:
Laughlin, Mildred Knight
Readers theatre for children: scripts and script development (Englewood, Colorado: Teacher Ideas Press, 1990)
Byars, Betsy
The animal, the vegetable, and John D. Jones
See p.68:
Laughlin, Mildred Knight
Readers theatre for children: scripts and script development (Englewood, Colorado: Teacher Ideas Press, 1990)
Byars, Betsy
The Blossoms meet the vulture lady
See p.69:
Laughlin, Mildred Knight
Readers theatre for children: scripts and script development (Englewood, Colorado: Teacher Ideas Press, 1990)
Byars, Betsy
The burning questions of Bingo Brown
See p.70:
Laughlin, Mildred Knight
Readers theatre for children: scripts and script development (Englewood, Colorado: Teacher Ideas Press, 1990)
Byars, Betsy
Cracker Jackson
See p.71:
Laughlin, Mildred Knight
Readers theatre for children: scripts and script development (Englewood, Colorado: Teacher Ideas Press, 1990)
Byars, Betsy
The cybil war
See p.72:
Laughlin, Mildred Knight
Readers theatre for children: scripts and script development (Englewood, Colorado: Teacher Ideas Press, 1990)
Byars, Betsy
The house of wings
See p.73:
Laughlin, Mildred Knight
Readers theatre for children: scripts and script development (Englewood, Colorado: Teacher Ideas Press, 1990)
Byars, Betsy
The midnight fox
See p.74:
Laughlin, Mildred Knight
Readers theatre for children: scripts and script development (Englewood, Colorado: Teacher Ideas Press, 1990)
Byars, Betsy
The summer of the swans
See p.75:
Laughlin, Mildred Knight
Readers theatre for children: scripts and script development (Englewood, Colorado: Teacher Ideas Press, 1990)
Byars, Betsy
Trouble river
See p.76:
Laughlin, Mildred Knight
Readers theatre for children: scripts and script development (Englewood, Colorado: Teacher Ideas Press, 1990)
Byars, Betsy
The pinballs
See pp.145-146:
Hurst, Carol Otis
Long ago and far away...: an encyclopedia for successfully using literature with intermediate readers (Allen, Texas: DLM, 1991)
Byars, Betsy
See pp.197-200:
Hurst, Carol Otis
Long ago and far away...: an encyclopedia for successfully using literature with intermediate readers (Allen, Texas: DLM, 1991)
Byars, Betsy
The midnight fox
See pp.106-109:
Thomas, Ron
Into books: 101 literature activities for the classroom (Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press, 1984)
Byars, Betsy
See pp.60-64:
McElmeel, Sharron L.
Educator's companion to children's literature: folklore, contemporary realistic fiction, fantasy, biographies, and tales from here and there (Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, Inc., 1996)
Byars, Betsy
See pp.234-239:
Laughlin, Mildred Knight
Developing learning skills through children's literature: an idea book for K-5 classrooms and libraries (Phoenix, Arizon: Oryx Press, 1986)
Byars, Betsy
The midnight fox
See pp.113-117:
Marriott, Stuart
Read on: using fiction in the primary school (London, Eng.: Paul Chapman Publishing, 1995)
Byars, Betsy
Coast to coast
See pp.159-164:
Kaczmarski, Kathryn
Exploring math with books kids love (Golden, Colorado: Fulcrum Resources, 1998)
Resources from Academic Search Premier (materials available via libraries or bookstores)
Title: Betsy Byars reminisces.
Source: Book Links, Nov96, Vol. 6 Issue 2, p19, 1p, 1bw
Author(s): Scales, Pat
Abstract: Presents an interview with Betsy Byars, author of `The Summer of Swans.' Career history; Questions children most often asked about `The Summer of Swans'; Receiving the Newbery Award.
Title: The magic of Betsy Byars.
Source: Mailbox: The Intermediate Edition, Jun/Jul94, Vol. 16 Issue 3, p16, 1p, 3c
Author(s): Bender, Sistie; Klayman, Linda
Abstract: Presents readers' intermediate-teaching ideas to enhance reading of the literature of Betsy Byars. Punctuating dialogue through the dramatization of the tale `Trouble River'; Enrichment activity for the reading of `The Summer of the Swans'; Activities to follow-up the reading of `The Pinballs'; Writing activity for `The Burning Questions of Bingo Brown'.
Title: A Decade of Betsy Byars' Boys.
Author(s): Hansen, I. V.
Source: Children's Literature in Education v15 n1 p3-11 Spr 1984
Abstract: Discusses Betsy Byars' successful portrayal of small boys in a sometimes bewildering and unfair world. (HOD)
Resources from Education Abstracts FullText (available via libraries or bookstores)
Title: Challenging the pressure to conform: Byars and Kerr
AUTHOR(S): FitzGerald, Jennifer
SOURCE: School Library Journal v 33 Sept 1986.p. 46-7.
Resources from OCLC¹s WorldCat (materials available via libraries or bookstores)
Title: Betsy Byars
Author(s): Cammarano, Rita.
Publication: Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers,
Year: 2002
ISBN: 0791067203
Abstract: Describes the personal life and successful writing career of the Newbery Award-winning author, whose memorable characters include Bingo Brown, Herculeah Jones, and the Golly sisters.
Title: A visit with Betsy Byars
Author(s): Moran, Karen A., 1952-
Publication: Fort Atkinson, Wis.: Alleyside Press,
Year: 2001
ISBN: 1579500536
Title: The moon and I
Author(s): Byars, Betsy Cromer.
Publication: New York: Beech Tree Books,
Edition: 1st. ed.
Year: 1996, 1991
ISBN: 0688137040 (pbk.); 0688137016 (pbk.)
Abstract: While describing her humorous adventures with a blacksnake, Betsy Byars recounts childhood anecdotes and explains how she writes a book.
Title: Betsy Byars
Author(s): Usrey, Malcolm.
Publication: New York: Twayne Publishers ; London: Prentice Hall International
Year: 1995
ISBN: 080574536X
Title: Good conversation! a talk with Betsy Byars
Author(s): Byars, Betsy Cromer. ; Podell, Tim.
Corp Author(s): Tim Podell Productions.
Publication: Scarborough, (NY): Tim Podell Productions
Year: 1994
Abstract: "Join noted children's author and illustrator Betsy Byars for a great conversation about her adventures in life and writing. Betsy explains howher Newbery award winning book, 'Summer of the Swans,' came to be written and answers questions about the book. She also explains how much of her writing comes from life experiences and talks of her many interests, including aviation."
Title: Betsy Byars
Corp Author(s): Miller-Brody Productions. ; American School Publishers.
Publication: [Highstown, N.J.]: Macmillan/McGraw School Publishing:; American School Publishers,
Year: 1991, ©1978
ISBN: 0070047464
Abstract: Presents a visit to the Morgantown, West Virginia home of author Betsy Byars and is a video adaptation of the filmstrip shot on location in 1978.
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