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Author Study of Patricia Polacco

Author Study of Patricia Polacco. By: Jessica Marsh, Casey Moore, & Chad Smith February 25, 2014. Meet the Author.

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Author Study of Patricia Polacco

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  1. Author StudyofPatricia Polacco By: Jessica Marsh, Casey Moore, & Chad Smith February 25, 2014

  2. Meet the Author  ”…I realize that being learning disabled does not mean DUMB AT ALL! As a matter of fact, I have learned that being learning disabled only means that I cannot learn the way most of you do.”

  3. Author Facts and Inspiration • Lived in Union City, Michigan on a farm with her grandparents and Mother for most of her childhood. • Considers her grandparents incredible storytellers. • Considers living on the farm the “most magical time in her life” • Didn’t learn to read until she was about 14 and discovered she had dyslexia • Majored in Fine Arts and has a Ph. D. in Art History • Didn’t begin to write until she was 41. • Mother’s family is from Ukraine and Russia.

  4. Books to her credit: • Just in Time, Abraham Lincoln • Bun Bun Button • The Junk Yard Wonders • January's Sparrow • In Our Mother's House • Someone for Mr. Sussmann • The Lemonade Club • For the Love of Autumn • Ginger and Petunia • Something About Hensley's • Rotten Richie and the Ultimate Dare • The Graves Family Goes Camping • Emma Kate

  5. Books continued… • An Orange for Frankie • John Philip Duck • Oh Look! • The Graves Family • "G" is for Goat • Christmas Tapestry • When Lightning Comes in a Jar • Mr. Lincoln's Way • Betty Doll • The Butterfly • Luba and the Wren • Welcome Comfort • Mrs. MacK

  6. Books continued… • Thank You, Mr. Falker • In Enzo's Splendid Gardens • The Trees of the Dancing Goats • I Can Hear the Sun: A Modern Myth • Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair • The Graves Family Goes Camping • Mommies Say Shhh! • Babushka's Mother Goose • Babushka's Doll • My Ol' Man • My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother • Pink and Say • Tikvah Means Hope

  7. Still more books continued… • Babushka Baba Yaga • The Bee Tree • Picnic at Mudsock Meadow • Mrs. Katz and Tush • Chicken Sunday • Some Birthday! • Appelemando's Dreams • Uncle Vova's Tree • Just Plain Fancy • Boat Ride With Lillian Two Blossom • Thunder Cake • The Keeping Quilt • Casey at the Bat

  8. WHEW!!The final 2 books… • Rechenka's Eggs • Meteor!

  9. Trends in her works… • In almost all of her books, a very young person and elderly person are interacting. • When she moved to California she “loved that the people in her neighborhood came in as many colors, ideas, and religions as there are people on the planet.” This is her inspiration to incorporate diversity in her writing. • Strong Eastern European theme in many of her works.

  10. Highlighted Book • Babushka Baba Yaga

  11. Curriculum Connectionto Patricia Polacco • Subject Area: Language Arts and Social Studies • Curriculum Connection: After reading the story, the whole class will complete a Venn diagram together comparing and contrasting the elements of this Russian folktale to a traditional North Carolina folktale we read as a class prior to this lesson. • Once the class has completed the Venn diagram, students will then compose their own folktale using aspects of the Babushka Baba Yagafolktale and a traditional North Carolina folktale.

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