Everyone in Grace's class says she can't be Peter Pan in the school play. ''You can't be Peter — that's a boy's name,'' says one child. ''You can't be Peter Pan,'' whispers another. ''He isn't black.'' But Grace is a girl who loves stories, and in her own imaginative games, she's already been a pirate, Anansi the spider, Hiawatha, and Joan of Arc. Bolstered by her loving Ma and Nana — who prove to her that she can be anything — Grace flies through the audition and wins the part unanimously.
Illustrator Caroline Binch's wonderful realistic watercolors, radiant with affection and playfulness, make Grace one of the most buoyantly lovable picture-book characters around. Amazing Grace's perfect marriage of illustrations and text by Mary Hoffman is a heart-lifting pleasure. A
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