Lee Merrill Byrd — библиография

Grandmother and granddaughter bond in this English and Spanish picture book. Birdie and Grandma are having a girls’ day! But Grandma’s all worn out now. Birdie has a solution: a makeover! It’ll give Grandma a chance to relax. Birdie insists that Grandma lie down because this beauty parlor has a lot of moving parts—chinny-chin-chin hair removal, long stretches of blush, slashes of lipstick, and eyeshadow. Earrings, scarves, the works! Birdie knows best: she owns this beauty parlor! ?Birdie y su abuela est?n pasando el d?a juntas! Pero la abuela ya esta completamente agotada. Birdie tiene la soluci?n: ?una visita al Sal?n de Belleza de…

Hannah loves her friend Isabel. Isabel doesn’t criticize. She’s never in a hurry. And—unlike other grownups and some bigger kids—she doesn’t tell Hannah what to do. But the day comes when Hannah begins to realize that Isabel is different. On Isabel’s birthday, everyone on Gold Street recognizes that she is the neighborhood’s real treasure. Lee Byrd is the author of the award-winning collection of short stories, My Sister Disappears (SMU Press, 1993), and co-publisher of Cinco Puntos Press. She likes to spend her spare time with the children of the El Paso neighborhood where she and her family have made their home for the last 25 years.