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 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,... |
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Like Sharon Dennis Wyeth books, check out these authors: |
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Geoffrey
Hayes
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Kathryn
Lasky
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Kristiana
Gregory
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Mary
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& Places > Where
We Live > City
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