Something Beautiful, Sharon Dennis Wyeth
Something Beautiful, Sharon Dennis Wyeth
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Something Beautiful

Author: Sharon Dennis Wyeth

Narrator: Sharon Dennis Wyeth

Unabridged: 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/10/2022

Synopsis

For readers of Newbery Winner Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña.

Everyday a young girl is disheartened by the things in her neighborhood: the trash on the streets, the graffiti on the walls, and the homeless woman that sleeps in a box. When she learns the word "beautiful" at school, she sets out to find "something beautiful" in her surroundings. In her search, this little girl learns to see beyond the barren ugliness of her environment to find beauty in her friendships, her family, and herself.

About The Author

Sharon Dennis Wyeth is an African American children’s author, poet, and memoirist with over fifty books published. Among her titles are the classic Something Beautiful, a Parents Magazine Best Book of the Year; Always My Dad, a Reading Rainbow Book; the American Girl book Evette: The River and Me, recipient of the 2021 Good Housekeeping Best Toy Award; and the Step Into Reading leveled reader Juneteenth: Our Day of Freedom. Wyeth’s memoir piece “I’m a Dancer” was featured in the award-winning anthology The Talk: Conversations About Race, Love & Truth.Wyeth is a recipient of the Stephen Crane Literary Award, an NAACP Education Award, a Mid-Atlantic Arts Award, and a Cave Canem Fellowship for African American poets. Additional book honors include citations from the Children's Book Council, LAMDA Literary Awards, and the New York Public Library. Wyeth is a cum laude graduate of Harvard University, with an MFA in creative writing and memoir from Hunter College, where she received the prestigious Shuster Award. She is a visiting Associate Professor of creative writing in the Children’s Literature Department at Hollins University. Learn more about her work at sharondenniswyeth.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Beata Malinowska

When I saw the cover of „Something Beautiful” written by Sharon Dennis Wyeth I expected a picture book mainly focused on the theme of racism; presenting a girl teased for looking different than the other kids. However, I was surprised to read a story that touches on themes such as poverty, homelessn......more

Goodreads review by Evan

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but what if the beholder does not know what beauty is, then how can he/she know what beauty is? This is the dilemma a little girl in a urban society must answer in Something Beautiful. When she wakes up all she sees is broken glass, garbage, homeless people livi......more

Goodreads review by Agnė

The protagonist of Something Beautiful, a young Black girl, searches for "something beautiful" in her inner-city neighborhood, which is full of litter, hateful graffiti, dangerous alleys, and homeless people. The ultimate massage this picturebook delivers is heartwarming and uplifting: beauty can be......more

Goodreads review by Klaudia

What I found extremely interesting is my initial reaction to the book’s cover. After my first glance at the title and the cute smiling black girl, I thought that the book is going to refer to the 1960s cultural movement “Black is beautiful”. I expected that the story, using the child as an appealing......more

Goodreads review by Kaila

I read this book with my cohort for graduate school- we loved it! The book causes you to think critically about the different perspectives or definitions your students(if you're an educator), your child(if you're a parent), a kid in general could have about the word "beautiful". Challenge children t......more

Quotes

"This moving picture book offers a shining testament to the ability of human beings to find "something beautiful" in even the most unlikely places. . . .Soentpiet's paintings are luminously lifelike. [T]he paintings focus on a community so real, readers can almost feel the sunlight on their faces."
--Publishers Weekly

Awards

  • Arkansas Charlie May Simon Master List
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