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"An African American nun challenges the beliefs of her second-grade students in this thought-provoking picture book set in the 1960s."-- Publishers Weekly Sister Anne's hands are brown, and Anna's hands are white. It's the early 1960s, and Anna has never seen a person with dark skin before. At first she is afraid of her new second-grade teacher. But Anna quickly finds that there's no reason to be scared. Sister Anne is wonderful. She likes jokes and she makes math and reading fun. But then someone sails a paper airplane to her, with a cruel message written on its wings. Sister Anne's wise way of turning a painful incident into a powerful learning experience has a profound impact on Anna and her classmates. This moving, timeless tale is perfectly illustrated with luminous, glowing paintings. "With humor and understanding, Lorbiecki writes about a young girl's coming to terms with racial differences and about the pain that ignorance can cause."-- The Horn BookProduct Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group
ISBN-100140565345
ISBN-139780140565348
eBay Product ID (ePID)1690374
Product Key Features
Publication Year2000
TopicSchool & Education, Holidays & Celebrations / Christmas & Advent, People & Places / United States / African American, General, Stories in Verse (See Also Poetry), Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism
Book TitleSister Anne's Hands
LanguageEnglish
GenreJuvenile Fiction
AuthorMarybeth Lorbiecki
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience, Ages 2-3, Ages 9-12, Ages 4-8, Under 2 Years
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.1in
Item Length10.5in
Item Weight7 Oz
Item Width10in
Additional Product Features
LCCN99-050872
Dewey Edition21
Grade fromPreschool
IllustratedYes
Dewey DecimalE
Grade toThird Grade
Lc Classification NumberPz8.3.Z47pr 2000
Number of Pages40 Pages