Something Beautiful by Sharon Dennis Wyeth
An inspiring story that reminds us that beauty is everywhere.Can a city be beautiful if there's trash on the streets and graffiti on the walls? A little girl finds out when her teacher writes the word "beautiful" on the blackboard and the girl decides to look for beauty in her neighborhood.
There's the "beautiful"fried fish sandwich atMiss Delphinediner,Mr. Lee's "beautiful" fruit store, and the "beautiful" smooth stone Old Mr. Sims always carries. The girl soon understands that beautiful means "that when you have it, your heart is happy." Young readers will enjoy appreciating the beauty of friendship and the power of hope in this encouraging story.
Sharon Dennis Wyeth is an award-winning children's and young adult author who was born and reared in Washington, D.C. She is familiar with the issues that modern families confront as a result of her childhood in Southeast Washington, D.C. and her employment as a family counselor at a daycare center in New York City after graduation. Wyeth was awarded an A.B. Harvard University awarded him an M.F.A. and honors in a combined discipline of sociology, psychology, and anthropology.
Hunter College awarded her a bachelor's degree in creative writing. A Cave Canem Fellowship for African American poets has been awarded to her. She has taught Creative Writing at Fordham University in New York City and is a rotating Associate Visiting Professor in the Graduate Department of Children's Literature at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia. She is at ease with audiences of all ages as an skilled public speaker with a background in theater and speech coaching.
Wyeth has spoken at schools across the United States and abroad, inspiring kids to become ardent readers and courageous writers by sharing her work, writing process, and personal experience. Literacy, racial harmony, identity, poverty, contemporary families, bullying, resilience, African American history, American history, the pursuit for beauty, and the strength found in community are among the issues she explores.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780440412106 |
| ISBN 10 | 0440412102 |
| Title | Something Beautiful |
| Author | Sharon Dennis Wyeth |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2002-01-08 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Prizes | Winner of Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Master List 2000 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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