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    Sharon Dennis Wyeth, author portrait

    Sharon Dennis Wyeth

    Sharon Dennis Wyeth is a 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.
    Evette: The River and Me
    Evette: The River and Me
    Sharon Dennis Wyeth
    9780593615522
    Audiobook Download
    Jun 07, 2022
    Listening Library
    Juneteenth: Our Day of Freedom
    Juneteenth: Our Day of Freedom
    Sharon Dennis Wyeth , Kim Holt
    9780593434789
    $5.99 US
    Paperback
    May 10, 2022
    Step into Reading
    6 x 9
    A Piece of Heaven
    A Piece of Heaven
    Sharon Dennis Wyeth
    9780307414427
    Ebook
    Dec 18, 2007
    Yearling
    Something Beautiful
    Something Beautiful
    Sharon Dennis Wyeth , Chris K. Soentpiet
    9780440412106
    $8.99 US
    Paperback
    Jan 08, 2002
    Dragonfly Books
    8-1/8 x 10-7/8

    Books

    Evette: The River and Me
    Evette: The River and Me
    Sharon Dennis Wyeth
    9780593615522
    $14.00 US
    Audiobook Download
    Jun 07, 2022
    Listening Library
    Juneteenth: Our Day of Freedom
    Juneteenth: Our Day of Freedom
    Sharon Dennis Wyeth, Kim Holt
    9780593434789
    $5.99 US
    Paperback
    May 10, 2022
    Step into Reading
    6 x 9
    A Piece of Heaven
    A Piece of Heaven
    Sharon Dennis Wyeth
    9780307414427
    $4.99 US
    Ebook
    Dec 18, 2007
    Yearling
    Something Beautiful
    Something Beautiful
    Sharon Dennis Wyeth, Chris K. Soentpiet
    9780440412106
    $8.99 US
    Paperback
    Jan 08, 2002
    Dragonfly Books
    8-1/8 x 10-7/8

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