Amazing Grace

Author/Illustrator: Mary Hoffman/Caroline Binch
Genre: Realistic Fiction
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Grade Level: Pk-1st

This book is about a young girl named Grace. At her school, they were having auditions for the play Peter Pan. Of course, Grace wanted the lead role, but others told her she could not be Peter Pan because of the color of her skin and her gender. This upset Grace very much. When she explained to her mother and grandma why she was upset they told her not to listen to them. They took her to a ballet to watch a young girl just like she has the lead role in Romeo and Juliet event though they were not the same skin. After watching this play, Grace knew there was nothing she could not do. She marched into auditions the next week and blew everyone away.

This a great book for young readers ages Prek-1st grade. I would use this book in my classroom to teach my students that not only differences are okay but that they can do anything that they put their mind to. Being told no might increase their drive to do it.