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Something Beautiful

by Sharon Dennis Wyeth

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A young girl wants to see beyond all the scary sights of the sidewalks and scribling is the halls of her school. One day her teacher rights on the board the word "beautiful." From here on out the girl challenges herself to see all the beautiful in her neighboor hood and school. Everything she sees, she finds the beauty in. This book portrays such a wonderful lesson; if you look for beauty you can find it, it is everywhere. The little girl says in the books "something that when you have it, your heart is happy" ; I could agree more with the quote.
  aclemen1 | Apr 28, 2013 |
This girl searches for something beautiful in her world. She decides she can make the beauty all the while she is the beauty in her world.
  JudesThree | Feb 21, 2013 |
Hope, diversity, love, neighborhoods ( )
  achatela | Feb 13, 2013 |
This story is about poverty,which many of our public school system children lives in today. The little girl is trying to make a negative into a positive. This is a good book to share because it lets students know no matter what type of situation you are faced with something positive can come from it.
  Tryante | Nov 26, 2012 |
I think Something Beautiful was excellent because of Chris Soenpiet's illustrations. I think they were wonderful, marvelous, and interesting. My favorite part was when the little girl found out she was something beautiful. I give this book 5 stars because of the way Chris drew the pictures. I recommend this book to kids of all ages. He made me feel like I was right in the little girl's neighborhood.
  gjchauvin504 | Oct 3, 2012 |
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A little girl longs to see beyond the scary sights on the sidewalk and the angry scribbling in the halls of her building. When her teacher writes the word beautiful on the blackboard, the girl decides to look for something beautiful in her neighborhood. Her neighbors tell her about their own beautiful things. Miss Delphine serves her a “beautiful” fried fish sandwich at her diner. At Mr. Lee’s “beautiful” fruit store, he offers her an apple. Old Mr. Sims invites her to touch a smooth stone he always carries. Beautiful means “something that when you have it, your heart is happy,” the girl thinks. Her search for “something beautiful” leaves her feeling much happier. She has experienced the beauty of friendship and the power of hope.

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When she goes looking for "something beautiful" in her city neighborhood, a young girl finds beauty in many different forms.

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