Kicked out of Sara Jane's dance for being bossy, klutzy Grace decides to perform a solo dance at the school concert. By the author of Sugaring Time.
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From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 1-A slight picture book with mediocre watercolor illustrations. When Grace is kicked out of her dance group for being too bossy, she decides she will dance solo in her school's spring concert. Her mother tells her she has gumption, her father says she has guts, and her brother tells her she's dumb, but Grace is nonplussed about performing "in front of the whole school and all the teachers...and the air force." In spite of her self-confidence, persistence, and elaborate costume, practice does not go well. If the story's lesson is one of determination and self-reliance, it falls flat. Readers never get to see the child's hard work actualized. Instead there's an abrupt phone call, and Grace is back in her old group. This ending shortchanges youngsters and is bound to leave them disappointed.
Elizabeth Hanson, Chicago Public Library
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Elizabeth Hanson, Chicago Public Library
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Ages 4-8. Mary Hoffman's Amazing Grace (1991) is a beautiful, upbeat story about a girl who believes in herself, practices hard, and gets the main role in the school play. But for the rest of us who dream and rehearse and just aren't good enough to be the star we deserve to be, Lasky's funny story will be company, if not comfort. When the leader of the playground circle kicks Grace out of the dance group ("I was too bossy, she said"), Grace decides to dance alone; it's called solo, Mom says. Grace dances and dances at home; she dresses up herself and her dog and twirls around and picks herself up when she falls down. The watercolor illustrations extend what the words say: "This is hard. The music goes too fast and I go too slow." She keeps trying. She imagines herself doing hippety-hops before a grand audience. Her parents tell her she has guts and gumption, but her brother is frank that she's going to embarrass him. The wry comedy is refreshing, and, in fact, it's not all failure. Grace stands up to peer pressure, and readers will appreciate the candid view of jungle-gym power games. Hazel Rochman
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Hi Readers! Thanks for coming by my author page. I've written all sorts of books - from fantasy about animals to books about science. One of my favorite animal fantasy series, Guardians of Ga'Hoole, is a major motion picture. I liked writing about Ga'Hoole so much that I decided to revisit that world in a new series, Wolves of the Beyond. Visit my website, www.kathrynlasky.com to see a slide show about the real wolves I researched for the series and for the latest update on the Guardians of Ga'Hoole movie. All my best, Kathryn
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