Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood
by F. Isabel Campoy, Theresa Howell, and Rafael López • Related Edition: Spanish-Language
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- Grade
- PK-4
- Genre
- Picture Book
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Latino (US / Canada)
Year Published 2016
Word Count 501
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 580L
- ATOS Reading Level: 2.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 181493, 0.5 AR Points
- Phonics & Phonolgical Awareness
- Any Blends & Digraphs
- TH
- Any Vowel Sounds
- Short I
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- Curricular Area
- Art
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles | City & Town Life
- Neighborhoods--Fiction
- City and town life
- Neighborhoods
- City and town life--Fiction
- Mural painting and decoration
- Mural painting and decoration--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Art
- Hispanic Americans--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Images of Community
- KidCitizen Engagement
- Sample: Skyline Math Texts
- Sample: StudyForge
- Sample: EL Education, Grades K-8
- #ArmMeWithBooks
- Sample: Bookworms Grade 2 Classroom Libr
- Sample: Math by the Book
- Civics and Our Government
- We Are a Community: Building Empathy
- Art and Artists: Hispanic Heritage
- Stories from the Barrio
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Awards & Distinctions 8

El día de los niños / El día de los libros, 2013-2025
Selection, 2020; Selection, 2018; Selection, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Spanish Selection, 2018

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2017

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Commended, 2017

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017

Tomás Rivera Book Award, 1996-2025
Winner, 2017

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2016
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