“Grace was a girl who loved stories.” Empowered by the strength of her imagination and the love of her mother and Nana, to dramatično,en,Creative Girl nenehno sprejema vloge in identitete,en,Joan of Arc,en,Anansi pajek,en,Hiawatha,en,Mowgli,en,Aladdin,fi,Ko njen razred načrtuje predstavitev Petra Pana,en,Grace je vedela, koga želi,en, creative girl constantly adopts roles and identities: Joan of Arc, Anansi the Spider, Hiawatha, Mowgli, Aladdin. When her class plans a presentation of Peter Pan , “Grace knew who she wanted to be.” She holds fast despite her classmates’ demurrals; Nana, meanwhile, reminds her granddaughter that she can do anything she imagines. When Nana takes Grace to see a famous black ballerina–“from back home in Trinidad”–the determined youngster is aroused by the performance, and wins the role of her dreams. Featuring colloquial dialogue and endearing characters, Hoffman’s ( My Grandma Has Black Hair ) tale is truly inspiring. First-timer Birch contributes evocative, carefully detailed watercolor paintings, which add their own share of emotional power and personal passion.
