This title fits these categories:

Racialawareness and variety: Shows diverse people living their lives in realistic ways.
Racial and Gender pride: Provides strong, positive role model for diverse children
Racial issue: Shows historical or contemporary inequality based on race and gender.
Activist: Shows ways we can make a difference.

Acceptable grade levels: Preschool - 4th

Classification: Picture book

Concepts/ Topics covered in book:

Grace loves acting out stories. When she wants to try out for the role of Peter Pan one friend says she can’t because she is a girl. Another says she can’t because she is black. After her grandmother takes her to meet a black ballet dancer, Grace tries out and gets the part.

Questions/ Activities

Find great discussion questions at http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=57 and at http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?id=32384_type=Book_typeId=77

Have students write their own books about what they aspire to be. http://www.readwritethink.org/calendar/calendar_day.asp?id=708

Make "Caring Manuals" http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?id=397

Visit the author’s website to find out about the inspiration for the story: http://www.maryhoffman.co.uk/grace.htm

Interview with the author can be found at http://www.writeaway.org.uk/component/option,com_mtree/task,viewlink/link_id,2877/Itemid,99999999/

Other books in this series include:

Princess Grace and Boundless Grace

Chapter books with same character - Starring Grace. Encore Grace, Bravo Grace

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This title fits these categories:

Racialawareness and variety: Shows diverse people living their lives in realistic ways.

Acceptable grade levels: Preschool - 4th