5+years
Amazing Grace
Author: Mary HoffmanIllustrator: Caroline BinchTalented Grace wants to play Peter Pan at school, but her classmates disapprove — Grace is a girl and Pan isn’t Black! With encouragement from family plus her own self-belief, Grace is set to prove them wrong! This classic story, with realistic illustrations, generates discussion around race, prejudice and gender equality.
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- Commended for Greenaway Medal 1992
- Children's Book of the Year 1992
- Caroline Binch is an award-winning illustrator
- Black representation
- Single parent
- Challenges gender stereotypes
- Female lead