Amazing Grace - Softcover

Hoffman, Mary

4.37

14,154 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0711206996 ISBN 13: 9780711206991

Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 1993

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Grace loves to act out stories. Sometimes she plays the leading part, sometimes she is 'a cast of thousands.' When her school decides to perform Peter Pan , Grace is longing to play Peter, but her classmates say that Peter was a boy, and besides, he wasn't black... But Grace's Ma and Nana tell her she can be anything she wants if she puts her mind to it...

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Grace rightly thinks she can be anything or anyone she wants to be: Joan of Arc, Hiawatha, Helen of Troy, Mowgli from The Jungle Book... and Peter Pan in the school play. But when her classmates tell her she can't play Peter Pan because she's a girl, and because she's black, Grace gets downhearted. When Grace's grandmother proves, through a positive black role model, that Grace really can be anyone she wants to be, Grace believes in herself once more--just in time for the auditions.

Amazing Grace is a modern tale of hopes, aspirations and role models, that is pitched perfectly for the very young reader. Simple language describes an everyday situation that transforms Grace into an extraordinary girl. A wonderful, hopeful, and yet realistic, story for today's children. --Lucie Naylor

Amazon.co.uk Teacher Review
Children need to read at home every day to practise the reading skills that they have been taught. Here are some tips to help make Amazing Grace part of your child's reading routine:

choose a time when you and your child both want to read, sit somewhere comfortable and quiet.
before you begin to read, get a "feel" for the book by looking at the cover, front and back and talking about it.
let your child hold the book and turn the pages. Look at the pictures.
look for the little details--they help the child to understand what the book is about.
let your child "read" the book to you by talking about each picture.
read the book again and again if you both enjoy it.

If used to support learning at home, Amazing Grace can help young readers achieve the targets for Key Stage One English: Reading. (Ages 5 to 9 years) --Amanda York

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This was a groundbreaking book about race and gender when it was first published, and it remains an absolute standard - brilliantly told with superb artwork. (The Ultimate First Book Guide)

Provides an opening for talking about race, gender and self-esteem with young children. (Julia Eccleshare 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up)

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