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beauty

Books about beauty for readers of all ages.

Cover of Rainbow gold

Rainbow gold

Sara Teasdale

Ages 6–12naturewonder

Cover of Cornrows

Cornrows

Camille Yarbrough, C. E. Yarbrough, Vivian Weiss

Ages 4–9cultural heritagefamily

Cover of Stories from the Ballet

Stories from the Ballet

Margaret Greaves

Ages 7–12danceart and performance

Cover of America the beautiful

America the beautiful

Katharine Lee Bates, Robert Sabuda

Ages 6–12patriotismnature

Cover of How Mother Nature Flowered the Fields

How Mother Nature Flowered the Fields

Tom Schwartz

Ages 5–10naturegrowth

Cover of Night's Nice

Night's Nice

Ed Emberley

Ages 3–7nightwonder

Cover of Moonbear's Skyfire (Moonbear Books)

Moonbear's Skyfire (Moonbear Books)

Frank Asch

Ages 3–7naturewonder

Cover of Gwen the Beauty and the Beast Fairy

Gwen the Beauty and the Beast Fairy

Daisy Meadows

Ages 6–10magicfairies

Cover of Bunny's rainbow day

Bunny's rainbow day

Monica Wellington

Ages 2–6natureweather

Cover of Fairest of all

Fairest of all

Mary Packard

Ages 4–8beautyself-acceptance

Cover of Zingy

Zingy

Paola Opal

Ages 3–7naturewonder

Cover of Pig on the Titanic

Pig on the Titanic

Gary Crew

Ages 8–13fateresilience

Cover of Snowflakes

Snowflakes

Joan Sugarman

Ages 4–8naturewinter

Cover of How the finch got his colors

How the finch got his colors

Annemarie Guertin

Ages 3–7patiencecolors

Cover of A single pearl

A single pearl

Donna Jo Napoli

Ages 4–8metamorphosisnature

Cover of Swan cove

Swan cove

Jane White Canfield

Ages 3–8naturefamily

Cover of Swan in love

Swan in love

Eve Bunting

Ages 4–8lovenature

Cover of Glory

Glory

Nancy White Carlstrom

Ages 4–9creationnature

Cover of A selection from 'Under the window'

A selection from 'Under the window'

Kate Greenaway

Ages 3–8naturechildhood wonder

Cover of Stray Birds

Stray Birds

Rabindranath Tagore

Ages 8–14naturewonder

Cover of The Orchard Book of Stories from the Ballet

The Orchard Book of Stories from the Ballet

Geraldine McCaughrean

Ages 7–12dance and artistrymagic and fantasy

Cover of The nightingale

The nightingale

Jenny Giles

Ages 4–8natureauthenticity

Cover of The day of the rainbow

The day of the rainbow

Ruth Craft

Ages 3–7wondernature

Cover of Everyday Garden

Everyday Garden

Cynthia Rylant

Ages 3–8naturegardens