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Darleen's Photo Biography

Dad was a hobby photographer. He turned our downstairs bathroom into a darkroom so he could develop his photos. Here are some pictures he took of our family.--Darleen Bailey Beard

Like most kids, I started out bald and funny looking. Mom says I didn't smell very nice either!

This is my big sister, Sherrie. She's five years older than me. Growing up, she used to say, "I'll always be older than you, smarter than you, and bigger than you." She was right. She is older than me, bigger than me, and way smarter, but that's okay. I still love her anyway!

Sherrie and I - all dressed up on Easter Sunday, 1962. Our mom sewed those matching dresses. Weren't we just too cute?

Here we are on Christmas with our dog, Ginger. Shhh, don't tell my mom she's on this web site in curlers, she'd just die. I'm sitting by Mom. I was only 4 years-old. My sister is sitting by Dad. She was 9 years-old.

Mother's Day 1966 - Me (5 years), Sherrie(10 years), & Mom. (Left to right)

I was raised in Levittown, PA, in the 1960's. All us neighbor kids used to play flashlight tag, stickball, go sledding, and catch crawd • Beard, Darleen Bailey 1961- PERSONAL: Born January 24, 1961; daughter of Larry (involved in greenhouse business) and Ella Holman (a homemaker) Bailey; children: Spencer, Karalee. Education: University of Oklahoma, B.A., 1986. Hobbies and other interests: Flower gardening, decorating, reading, history. ADDRESSES: Office—1627 Briarcliff Court, Norman, OK 73071-3811. E-mail—[email protected]. CAREER: Children's book author. Dental assistant, Oklahoma City and Norman, OK, 1979-83; freelance writer, McGraw-Hill, School Book Division, Oklahoma City, 1989-90; part-time receptionist, Oklahoma City, 1991-95. MEMBER: Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Parent-Teacher Organization. AWARDS, HONORS: Attended the Writers Workshop at Chatauqua, NY, on full scholarship from Highlights for Children magazine; Creme-de-la-Creme award, Oklahoma Writers' Federation, 1990; Oklahoma Book Award, 2003, and Gamma State Author Award, 2004, both for The Babbs Switch Story. WRITINGS: The Pumpkin Man from Piney Creek, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1995. The Flimflam Man, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York, NY), 1998. Twister, illustrated by Nancy Carpenter, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York), 1999. The Babbs Switch Story, Farrar, St