Patricia Barber Polacco (born July 11, 1944) is an American author and illustrator. Throughout her school years, Polacco struggled with reading but found relief by expressing herself through art. Polacco endured teasing and hid her disability until a school teacher recognized that she could not read and began to help her.

2019年8月29日 · Children's book author and illustrator Patricia Polacco: her life, her work, and her picture books, and how diversity influences her.

60 books based on 64 votes: Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco, Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco, Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco, Chicken Sunday...

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Patricia Polacco is now the author and illustrator of many charming picture books. Not surprisingly, her stories often involve meaningful interactions between young and old people as well as an intermingling of different cultures.

American children’s author and illustrator Patricia Polacco wrote more than 100 books. She often included elements of her own family history and heritage in her work. Polacco was born Patricia Barber on July 11, 1944, in Lansing, Michigan.

Patricia Polacco is a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator with around seventy beloved and award-winning books to her credit, including The Keeping Quilt, Pink and Say, The Blessing Cup, Chicken Sunday, and Thank You, Mr. Falker. She resides in Michigan.

PATRICIA POLACCO is a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator with over a hundred beloved and award-winning books to her credit, including The Keeping Quilt, Pink and Say, The Blessing Cup, Chicken Sunday, and Thank You, Mr. Falker.

In an interview posted by Reading Rockets, author/illustrator and Michigan native Patricia Polacco recalls the challenges she faced as an undiagnosed dyslexic.

2025年3月7日 · In this exquisitely illustrated and poignantly narrated children’s picture book based on her family history from the last century until the present day, Patricia Polacco expresses her love and admiration for the country of her ancestors and their traditions and religious beliefs.