Patricia Polacco

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July 11, 1944 in The United States

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http://www.patriciapolacco.com/

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Children's Books

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Books by Patricia Polacco

Average rating: 4.25 · 16,921 ratings · 2,268 reviews · 56 distinct works

	Thank You, Mr. Falker 4.51 avg rating — 2,800 ratings — published 1998 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Pink and Say 4.42 avg rating — 2,342 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Keeping Quilt 4.33 avg rating — 1,616 ratings — published 1988 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Thunder Cake 4.23 avg rating — 1,166 ratings — published 1990 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Chicken Sunday 4.29 avg rating — 947 ratings — published 1992 — 8 editions	My rating:
	My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother 4.10 avg rating — 586 ratings — published 1994 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Babushka's Doll 4.06 avg rating — 472 ratings — published 1990 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Mrs. Katz and Tush 4.25 avg rating — 451 ratings — published 1992 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Rechenka's Eggs 4.18 avg rating — 422 ratings — published 1988 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Butterfly 4.30 avg rating — 410 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	My rating:

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“Honey is sweet, "and so is knowledge, but knowledge is like the bee that made that sweet honey, you have to chase it through the pages of a book." (taken from "Thank you, Mr. Falker" )”
― Patricia Polacco

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“You’d have to go through at least four different hugs to get from the kitchen to the front room. Those relatives!’.”
― Patricia Polacco, Thank You, Mr. Falker

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“Grampa took Mary Ellen inside away from the crowd. "Now, child, I am going to show you what my father showed me, and his father before," he said quietly.
He spooned the honey onto the cover of one of her books. "Taste," he said, almost in a whisper. . . .
"There is such sweetness inside of that book too!" he said thoughtfully. "Such things...adventure, knowledge and wisdom. But these things do not come easily. You have to pursue them. Just like we ran after the bees to find their tree, so you must also chase these
things through the pages of a book!
”
― Patricia Polacco, The Bee Tree

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