Amazing Picture Book

Thanks to Cay's Catholic Mosaic, I have found an amazing picture book that can be used at so many different levels. Sister Anne's Hands by Marybeth Lorbiecki is quite a wonderful picture book about life in the mid to late 60's, when a black Catholic nun comes to teach in a very white Catholic second grade. The children, picking up what their parents say, are afraid that her "blackness" will rub off ... but Sr. Anne teaches them a lesson in opening their hearts and their hands to all.

We really like this book! After reading it, we decided to make our own hand pictures -- which are up in dining room so when Dad comes home tonight the kids can narrate the story to him and explain our "art" ...