tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022775613667933377.post382083467412416071..comments2024-03-27T03:19:39.603-04:00Comments on The Newbery Project: The Door in the WallAliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13216472825552207576noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022775613667933377.post-56115405621629338682008-06-12T17:47:00.000-04:002008-06-12T17:47:00.000-04:00Bayard was a magic bay horse from the chansons de ...Bayard was a magic bay horse from the chansons de geste (french poems dating from the 11th or 12th century). He could adjust his size to fit his rider. So it would make sense that people in the 13th and 14th centuries would name their horses Bayard. <BR/><BR/>Jonathon Rogers, who wrote The Bark of the Bog Owl Trilogy named the wise man in the books Bayard the Truthsayer.<BR/><BR/>So when I saw your remark I went and looked it up on wikkipedia to see what all the Bayards were about. <BR/><BR/> =0) <BR/><BR/>Cool blog, BTW. I've been reading the Newbery award books for a couple of years. Not exclisively but picking them up every time I see one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com