Patricia Polacco
Patricia Polacco
Patricia Barber Polaccois an American author and illustrator...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth11 July 1944
CityLansing, MI
CountryUnited States of America
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My appearances are almost theatrical performances. I bring items for the children to see, such as photographs and actual piece of meteorite, a family quilt, sometimes spectacles, sometimes clothing, so that they can understand what I write about is family stories based in fact.
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All of us have a 'voice' inside where all inspired thoughts come from. When I talk to children and aspiring writers, I always ask them to turn off the TV and listen to that voice inside them.
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My books cover many aspects of daily life through which your children will recognize their own relationships in their families and communities.
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I don't care what color the parents are. I don't care if it's a giraffe and a fish living together. If they're raising children who believe they're honored and loved, that's all that's important.
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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!
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All children have gifts, some open them at different times.
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My family always encouraged my drawing ability. Kids in school who teased me about my reading would get out of their seats and stand behind my desk as I worked and go, 'Wow, you can really draw.' Later, I earned a degree in Fine Art and got a Ph.D. in Art History.
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I could walk into anyone's home one time and draw a three-dimensional architectural plan of the inside of their home from memory, but I could not add up a column of numbers.
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When you come from a family of storytellers, you're doomed. You just have to tell stories.
Now, I've got to tell you: 'In Our Mothers House,' I don't think is for a kindergartner.
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My stories deal with multicultural situations as well as multigenerational settings.
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My stories are fundamentally about the love of family.
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Maybe one of you can enlighten me, but I just don't understand why it is so hard to be kind to one another?
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I wasn't a very good student in elementary school and had a hard time with reading and writing.