Dara Beth's Classroom Library

Amazing Grace was published by Mary Hoffman in 1991. Amazing Grace is a picture book that depicts the life of Grace. This young girl loves stories and even more acting in plays. One day, Grace's school teacher tells the class that they will be putting on the play of Peter Pan. Grace immediately knows in her heart that she wants to play the main role of Peter Pan. Her classmates proceed to tell her that she cannot play the role of Peter Pan because thats a boys name. Another classmate tells Grace that she cannot because she is black. With constant encouragement from her family members, Grace does not back down from chasing her dreams. For an activity, I would have my class each complete and reading comprehension worksheet after reading the story. This book is a level 680L according to the Lexile book leveling system.