So, keep on enjoying stories like Grace and, most of all, believe in yourselves and you will soon be flying, just like Peter Pan. This is a message that we still need - that we can be and do anything we want if we just put our minds to it. This is the perfect story for children everywhere to remind them to be themselves no matter what the world tells you.Īt last! A book about the thousands of children who all longed to see themselves reflected in stories.

But Grace's Ma and Nana tell her she can be anything she wants if she puts her mind to it.Ī touching and beautiful picture book about being true to yourself and not letting anyone hold you back. Peter was a boy, and besides, he wasn't black. But her classmates say that Grace absolutely can't play that part. When Grace's school decides to put on a performance of Peter Pan, Grace longs to play the part of Peter. Sometimes she plays the leading part, sometimes she is 'a cast of thousands' and sometimes, when they're not too tired, she can even convince Ma and Nana to join in her magical story creations. Grace loves stories, whether theyre from books, movies, or the kind her grandmother tells. She spends her time dressing up and putting on performances for her beloved Ma and Nana, usually helped by Paw-Paw the cat. She didn't care if they were fromīooks or on TV or in films or on the video or out of Nana's She didn't mind if they were read to her or told to her or 25 years of Amazing Grace Mary Hoffman’s groundbreaking Amazing Grace gave us one of the first black heroines in a picture book. With over a million copies sold this classic story of Grace, her Ma and Nana is a timeless classic of courage and determination, loved and cherished by children the world over.

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