Boundless Grace

by Mary Hoffman

Hardcover, 1995

Status

Available

Series

Grace (Hoffman)

Genres

Children's Books

Publication

Dial (1995), Hardcover, 32 pages

Description

Grace is invited for a visit with her father and his new family in Africa.

User reviews

LibraryThing member Janeece

This story is a great story about how a young lady came to figure out that she is the same her families formation is different, but differnt is okay. Grace discovers through books that not many of them have families where the parents are divorced, but hers are and she decides to make a trip to meet

with her Dad in Africa. At first this trip is disappointing and then she comes to love and enjoy how her family has expanded.

I love this book, because not only is it multicultural in the fact of the characters it deals with divorce and lots of your students are experinceing the came things that Grace is experiencing.

As one of my classroom extension we are going to have a word wall about some of the words that the book uses for items in Africa and then I am going to read Amazing Grace to my class for another classroom extension.

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LibraryThing member JulianeAdams

This book is about a girl who feels that living with her mom and grandma is not the correct way families are supposed to be. She thinks that a family should be set up a particular way. Her mother and father are divorced and Grace is sent to go visit her father for a while with her grandma and

discovers more than just the right family.

I enjoy this book as a multicultural book because it not only allows students to see how divorced parents live but also the culture that Grace's father was living in while in Africa.

I would relate this to the classroom by letting the students decorate the classroom in an Afican style with clothing draped around and also animals around the room to represent Africa living.

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LibraryThing member timwaters

An absolute classic read aloud. This story can be used in any lower elementary grade, but is great for the third grade when studying Africa. It also teaches its audience that family is what we make of it.

LibraryThing member mmburks

This is a story about a little girl named Grace who travels to Africa to visit her dad. She has a hard time understanding why her family is separated and why she has a step mother and step siblings.

LibraryThing member hhuget

Boundless Grace is the compelling sequel to Amazing Grace, also by Mary Hoffman. Boundless Grace also deals with issues of gender and race, but mostly deals with children who have divorced parents. This story could help children understand how to manage a parent's new family and new home in a

positive and productive way.

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LibraryThing member AlyshaKnandel

This book deals with issue of race, and gender. It also deals with the issue divorced parents.

LibraryThing member epalaz

Grace is visiting her father in Africa where she meets her siblings and stepmother. She became a real big sister to her younger siblings by reading them bedtime stories every night. this book was wonderful to read, it gives you an insight into the feeling of children whose parents are separated or

divorced. This would be good for younger children who are going through the same thing and helps to know that it's not all bad, but how they react to it.

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LibraryThing member Joy_Duval

Grace is reunited with her father whom she does not know very well. Grace and Nana move to Africa to get to know her father and his family better.
Source: Pierce College Library
Ages: 6-8

LibraryThing member fwaldm1

Amazing Grace is a multicultural book about a young girl (Grace) who deals with her parents divorce. This picture book was wonderful to read, it gives you an insight into the feelings of children whose parents are separated or divorced. This story would be a great book for younger children who are

going through the same thing. The descriptive language within this book was very powerful. “You do too have a father,” her ma said when she caught Grace talking that way. “I must have told you a hundred times about how we split up, and your papa went back to Africa. He has another family now, but he’s still your father, even though he doesn’t live with us anymore.” This was one of many sentences within the story that shows the hardships that Grace faces. Grace ends up getting the opportunity to go to Africa to visit her father and his new family. It demonstrates that although her father started a life with a new family, Grace is still a very important part of him and his new family. This shows young readers that even if you have parents that are separated you can still have a relationship with both of the families.
The illustrations within the book greatly depict the African culture, which was very interesting. Overall, the main idea of this story is that you can still have a relationship with both parents even if they’re divorced.

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LibraryThing member Madison_DeWeerdt

I absolutely love this book! It has amazing reminders of what it means to have grace.

LibraryThing member lizzydelg

Summary:
Boundless Grace is a sequel book to Amazing Grace. But Boundless Grace is about ho grace wants to know why she doesn't have father and she keeps wondering about him. Well her father sent her money to come see him in Africa and Grace fell in love with who he was and who her other family is.

She loves Africa and hopes to go back. She was so glad she got to meet her father again and know who he is.

Personal Reaction:
I really liked this book because my parents are also split up. Many children have to go through missing a parent whether its their mother or their father. This book allows kids to realize that they still have a second parent but the situation is always different.

Classroom Extension Ideas:
1. Have the class write about what they love about their family at home.
2.Draw a picture of their family, including pets.

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LibraryThing member marmig2

“Boundless Grace” by Mary Hoffman and Caroline Binch was an excellent book. The big idea/message of the story is that although families may be different and unconventional, they are still families. I really enjoyed the dialogue between Grace and her mother/Nana because it seemed very believable

and realistic. At the beginning of the book, Grace’s Nana reassures her that “a family with you in it is a real family”. This quote from Nana permeates all throughout the book. The illustrations were incredible—they are my favorite out of all the children’s books that I’ve read throughout this course. They were bright, vibrant, detailed, and kept me interested all throughout the book. I liked the writing used in this book because it gave the reader a good idea of two different settings—Grace’s home back in the United States and her father’s home in Africa (“there were sheep wandering along the roadside and people selling watermelons under the trees”). I would definitely use this book in my classroom because some students might be able to relate to and connect with Grace’s unique family.

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LibraryThing member khalilahbraylock

This book is good for ages 4-8. It is about a young girl who's father leaves. The young girl feels as if the father loves his new family more, until the father has a talk with the young girl and lets her know how much he loves her also.

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