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All tagged Patricia Polacco
Jonathan and his family just moved to Detroit from the South, so that his Dad can help rebuild another church. It’s almost Christmas time, and they have all worked hard on the church building, and then a pipe springs a leak the day before Christmas Eve
Anna and her Jewish family have emigrated from Russia to New York City. Anna goes to school and learns English. But at home, she likes to wear her Russian dress and babushka.
A neighborhood. We all have one, for better or for worse! In this neighborhood, it doesn’t matter if you are black or white, Jew or Gentile, Russian or Ukrainian. Each ethnicity can come together for a common purpose: to do a good deed. In this case, it was to buy Miss Eula a hat.
This story follows Lyla and her friend Jamie. Lyla and her family just moved to the Bay area and Lyla and her brother are entering a new school. Lyla meets Jamie on the first day and they become fast friends.
In this book, a young Patricia is put into an advanced writing class with Miss Keller. Miss Keller has a reputation for expecting excellence from her students and stops at nothing to pull that excellence from her students. In short, Miss Keller is tough.
We all fear something. Some fear heights, some fear thunder. Fear is a difficult emotion to help children work through. This book follows a young girl who is scared of thunder.
In this book Patricia Polacco tells the story of her great-great-grandmother, Fiona. Fiona and her family lived in Ireland, but they dreamed of greater things than their small village. They decided to go to America.
Neighbors. We all have a few, for better or for worse! Relationships in neighborhoods can be complicated. In this neighborhood, it doesn’t matter if you are black or white, Jew or Gentile, Russian or Ukranian
