Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
	List Price:   $16.99 Unit Price:   $13.59 You Save:   $3.40 (20%) ISBN-10:   0803710402 ISBN-13:   9780803710405 Publisher:   Penguin Series:   Reading Rainbow Bks. Edition:   illustrated Category:   Picture Books Pub. Date:   September 1991 Pages:   32 Format:   Hardcover; With dust jacket Ages:   4 to 8 Grades:   ps to 3
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Description/Notes
Grace is told she can't play Peter Pan in the class production because she's a girl and she's black. Grace loves stories, whether they're in books or in movies or the kind her grandmother tells. She acts out the most exciting parts of all sorts of tales ... sometimes as Hiawatha, or Aladdin, or Joan of Arc.... There's nothing that Grace enjoys more. So when there's the chance to play a part in Peter Pan, Grace knows exactly who she wants to be. It's hard when her classmates are doubtful, but Grace has the loving support of her mother and wise grandmother to bolster her own independence. Grace keeps in mind that she can be anything she wants to be-and the results are truly amazing! Remarkable, warm watercolors by Caroline Binch give full expression to Grace's high-flying imagination, in the perfect book to send young spirits soaring. Mary Hoffman has written several children's books, among them My Grandma Has Black Hair (Dial). She is also a freelance journalist. Caroline Binch has traveled extensively while working as a painter, photographer, and illustrator. She has also illustrated Hue Boy by RITA Phillips Mitchell (Dial). Although a classmate says that she cannot play Peter Pan in the school play because she is black, Grace discovers that she can do anything she sets her mind to do.