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Byrd Baylor

Everybody Needs a Rock

Everybody Needs a Rock

A classic children's picture book by Byrd Baylor with rules for finding your own special rock

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  • Christa
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  • even*cleveland
    even*cleveland

    “Some stones are special for inscrutable reasons. Byrd Baylor’s 1974 book Everybody Needs a Rock offers ten rules for finding a rock. This is not one of the ten rules, just general guidance: If somebody says, “What’s so special  about that rock?” don’t even tell them. I don’t. Nobody is supposed  to know what’s special about another person’s rock.”

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  • Ginny Branch
    Ginny Branch
    2
  • Jes
    Jes

    “I give this book to every kid in my life and still keep a copy at home for myself.”

  • bandy ✨
    bandy ✨

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