by Mary Hoffman
This is a sequel to Amazing Grace. In this story, Grace receives plane tickets to Africa where her is located. Grace realizes that although she loves the idea of having a family where her mother and father are in one place, she likes the way things are. This would be another great story to touch on ...
This story continues the story of Grace, from Amazing Grace. This one tells the story of her and her journey to see her father. As well as, her coming to terms that she doesn't have the same type of family as everyone else. We used this in my CT's class to infer about how Grace was feeling throughou...
My first day of placement this semester, my cooperating teacher used this book in her whole group lesson. The book is about a girl named Grace and Grace lives with her mom and grandmother. Once day, Grace sees a family that has a mom, child, and a father. Grace then begins to think that her family i...
This book is just great! I recently used it in a lesson. We discussed inferences and used the beautiful illustrations to talk about how we can infer the characters' feelings based on facial expressions and such. Also we discussed the truth that "families are what you make them," as this is freque...
This was a really good book. I recommend this book for 1st-5th grade, with the older children answering more complex questions about the message of the book. I think that this could be used in many ways in the classroom. One way I have used it with my students was to teach that there are many diff...
In the sequel to Amazing Grace, Grace longs for the family you read about in books. One day after Grace comes home from school she notices she has mail, it was a letter from her father inviting Grace to come to Africa to visit him and his new family. Grace accepts the trip. Once arriving, she has mi...
Boundless Grace is an excellent story that is PERFECT for so many reasons! I have seen this book used in a 3rd grade classroom for a character analysis of the main character (you guess it) Grace. The students compared Grace at the beginning of the story and at the end of the story. I personally woul...
Awesome story about a young girl who wants a dad, just like in the stories she loves to read. She finally gets the opportunity to go see her father who lives in Africa and she hasn't seen since she was real small. She doesn't remember him and is worried he will not like her anymore since he has a ne...