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The Way to Start a Day

by Byrd Baylor · 1978 · 32 pages

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Beautiful paintings highlight a text depicting the ways various peoples from around the world welcome the sun and the start of a new day.

Text first appeared in McCall Magazine, February, 1977.

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Themes
diversityart
Setting
sun
Audience
childrenspicture books
Length
short · 32 pages
Form
poetry

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