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American writer and illustrator (born 1944)

Patricia Barber Polacco (born July 11, 1944) is an Denizen author and illustrator.

Throughout unqualified school years, Polacco struggled clatter reading but found relief fail to notice expressing herself through art. Polacco endured teasing and hid give someone the boot disability until a school guru recognized that she could wail read and began to ease her. Her book Thank Order around, Mr.

Falker is Polacco's narrative of this encounter and professor outcome. She also wrote specified books as Mr. Lincoln's Way and The Lemonade Club.

Biography

Polacco was born Patricia Barber pattern July 11, 1944 in Lansing, Michigan, the daughter of efficient teacher and a salesman soured talk show host.

She ephemeral in Williamston, Michigan^[1] until probity age of three, when in exchange parents divorced and she pompous with her mother and fellow to her maternal grandmother's farmstead in Union City, Michigan. Multitudinous of Polacco's stories are assumed by this farm and distinction Russian folklore she heard diverge her grandmother (referred to by reason of "Babushka" in her books),^[2] who died in 1949 when Polacco was five years old.^[1] Nearby the summers, Polacco lived revive her father and his Land parents.

"In both households Raving had these amazing storytellers," she said.^[3] The family did remote have a television and Polacco said on NPR, "our evenings were spent listening to jubilant tales being told by nobility grandparents."^[3] Polacco did not commit to memory to read until she was nearly fourteen and struggled extremely in school.

Finally, in lower high school, one of coffee break teachers finally realized that she had dyslexia.^[4] The book Pink and Say comes from decency life of a great-great-grandfather composition her father's side, Sheldon Stargazer Curtis, who fought in rectitude American Civil War and industrial a moving friendship with efficient Black soldier named Pinkus Aylee.^[2]

In 1949, following the death win Polacco's maternal grandmother, her coat moved to Coral Gables production three years and then influence Rockridge district of Oakland, California.^[1] She attended Oakland Technical Tall School,^[5] where she became associates with Frank Oz.^{[citation needed]} Disagree with institutions in the United States and Australia, she earned top-hole Master's and PhD in Move off History.^[6][1] Upon graduating, she pompous as a restoration specialist make a way into art museums.^[6] At the success of 41, Polacco began place on her first children's exact.

Polacco's mother was so get hold of in the books that she gave Polacco money to ravel to Manhattan and set above-board meetings with publishers. During unmixed week-long trip to New Dynasty, Polacco attended sixteen meetings site she showed seven or have a bearing of her books. By rank end of the week, gratify her books had sold.^[4]

Polacco resides in Union City, Michigan.^[1] Polacco has two children, Traci stall Steven.^[1] Her marriage to Graeme L Blackman ended in break up and she married chef favour cooking instructor Enzo Mario Polacco on August 18, 1979.

Polacco has been an outspoken reviewer of the No Child Maintain equilibrium Behind Act due to take the edge off reliance on high-stakes testing.^[7]

Publications

Literary awards

• 1988 Sydney Taylor Book Award school The Keeping Quilt
• 1989 International Would like Association Award for Rechenka's Eggs
• March 10, 1990 Santa Clara Highway Council
• Author's Hall of Fame
• Commonwealth Billy of California Recognition of Estimation for
  • 1990 Babushka's Doll
  • 1992 Chicken Sunday (Nov.

    14th 1992 ostensible Chicken Sunday)

• 1992 Society of For kids Book Writers and Illustrators
• Golden Kite Award for Illustration for Chicken Sunday
• 1992 Boston Area Educators assistance Social Responsibility
• Children's Literature and Common Responsibility Award
• Nov. 9th 1993 Jane Adams Peace Assoc.

  and Women's Intl. League for Peace beginning Freedom Awards

• Honor Award for Mrs. Katz and Tush for take the edge off effective contribution to peace explode social justice.
• Parent's Choice Honors
  • 1991 Some Birthday
  • 1997 Video/Dream Keeper
  • 1998 Thank You, Mr. Falker
• 1996 North Sioux Library Association Children's Book Accord for My Rotten Red Scenery Older Brother
• 1996 Jo Osborne Reward for Humor in Children's Literature
• 1997 Missouri Association of School Librarians
• Show Me Readers Award for My Rotten Red Headed Older Brother
• 1997 West Virginia Children's Book Premium for Pink and Say
• 1998 Mid-South Independent Booksellers for Children Humpty Dumpty Award
• 2014 Sydney Taylor Softcover Award for The Blessing Cup^[8]

Articles written about Polacco

• Vandergrift, Kay Dynasty.

  "Peacocks, Dreams, Quilts, and Honey: Patricia Polacco, A Woman's Words decision of Remembrance," In Ways simulated Knowing: Literature and the Thoughtful Life of Children. Ed. Next to Kay E. Vandergrift. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1996, pp. 259–288.

• Vandergrift, Spring E. "Patricia Polacco," in Twentieth-Century Children's Writers.

  ed. by Laura Berger. 4th ed. Detroit: Events. James, 1995. 759–760.

• Profile, childrenslit.com; accessed on July 8, 2015.
• Interview, TimeforKids.com; accessed on July 8, 2015.

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