Patricia Polacco





Patricia Polacco

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July 11, 1944

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Average rating: 4.28 · 27,959 ratings · 3,112 reviews · 61 distinct works · Similar authors
Thank You, Mr. Falker
4.51 of 5 stars 4.51 avg rating — 5,127 ratings — published 1998 — 14 editions
Pink and Say
4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 4,064 ratings — published 1994 — 5 editions
The Keeping Quilt
4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 3,002 ratings — published 1988 — 17 editions
Thunder Cake
4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 1,968 ratings — published 1990 — 8 editions
Chicken Sunday
4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 1,640 ratings — published 1992 — 9 editions
My Rotten Redheaded Older B...
4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 986 ratings — published 1994 — 7 editions
The Junkyard Wonders
4.52 of 5 stars 4.52 avg rating — 651 ratings — published 2010
Rechenka's Eggs
4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 641 ratings — published 1988 — 7 editions
Babushka's Doll
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 650 ratings — published 1990 — 9 editions
Mrs. Katz and Tush
4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 617 ratings — published 1992 — 8 editions
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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

“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

“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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