|  Something Beautifulby Sharon Dennis Wyeth, Chris K. Soentpiet (Illustrator) ~ Ages 4-8. The setting is the drama in this picture book: a small African American girl in a scary neighborhood tells how she searches for something beautiful. In the view from her window, there is trash, broken glass, a brick wall. Someone has scrawled "Die" on the front door of her building. A homeless woman sleeps wrapped in plastic. The alleys are dark and dangerous. The child asks people for something beautiful, and she finds it in the warmth of the local diner, at the friendly fruit stall,... | | The Morning Meeting Book (Strategies for Teachers Series) by Roxann Kriete (Books) | | The Table Where Rich People Sit by Byrd Baylor (Books), Peter Parnall (Books) (Illustrator) | | The Way to Start a Day | | The World Calendar (The Ethnic Cultures of America) by P. R. Fischetti (Books) | | Under a Child's Bed by Michael E. Gainer (Books) | | Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne (Books) | | What a Writer Needs by Ralph Fletcher (Books), Donald M. Murray (Books) | | Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox (Books), Julie Vivas (Books) (Illustrator) | | Like Sharon Dennis Wyeth books, check out these authors: | | Geoffrey Hayes | | Kathryn Lasky | | Kristiana Gregory | | Mary Pope Osborne | | Patricia Hermes | | Subjects > Children's Books > Ages 4-8 > Picture Books | | Subjects > Children's Books > People & Places > Multicultural Stories > African-American | | Subjects > Children's Books > People & Places > Social Situations > Friendship > Fiction | | Subjects > Children's Books > People & Places > Where We Live > City Life > Fiction |
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