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 Book