The Way to Start a Day - Hardcover

Byrd Baylor

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684156512 ISBN 13: 9780684156514

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1978

Synopsis

Beautiful paintings highlight the ways various peoples from around the world welcome the sun and the start of a new day in this Caldecott Honor–winning picture book.

Some people say there is a new sun every day, and that it begins its life at dawn and lives for one day only. They say you have to welcome it.

From cavemen, to the Aztecs, to the ancient Egyptians, Baylor Bird describes the ways that people throughout history and the world celebrated the dawn. By the end you may be inspired to create your own song for the sunrise.

About this title

About the Author:

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.

From Publishers Weekly:

In this Caldecott Honor Book, the way to start the day is to go outside, face the east and greet the sun, as others in the past and present have celebrated the dawn. PW praised "the author's sensitive prose and Parnall's glittering paintings in this beautiful work."
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About this edition

• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1978
• ISBN 10: 0684156512
• ISBN 13: 9780684156514
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Peter Parnall