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2. Patricia Polacco - Wikipedia

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   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.

3. Mr. Lincoln's Way - Wikipedia

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   Patricia Polacco uses many of the schools she travels to as inspiration for the schools in her stories. The elementary school in Mr. Lincoln’s Way is based around Murphy Elementary School in Haslett, Michigan. This school is home to mallard duck nests, and every year the principal leads the ducks through the school to the local pond. [4]

4. Pink and Say - Wikipedia

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   Pink and Say is a children's book written and illustrated by Patricia Polacco. It was first published in 1994 by Philomel Books. The story is about two boy soldiers who meet each other in the battlefield during the American Civil War. One of the protagonists, Sheldon Russell Curtis ("Say"), is a white soldier who was injured while trying to ...

5. Just Plain Fancy - Wikipedia

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   Patricia Polacco: Publisher: Bantam Books: Publication date. September 1, 1990: Pages: 32: ISBN: 978-0-553-07062-0: Just Plain Fancy is a children's picture book by ...

6. Meteor! - Wikipedia

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   Meteor! is a 1987 children's picture book by author Patricia Polacco. Polacco is well known for writing and illustrating stories depicting events from her childhood in Michigan. Meteor! was published in 1987 by The Trumpet Club, commonly known for publications of children's books from grades PreK-6. [1]

7. In Our Mothers' House - Wikipedia

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   In Our Mothers' House is a 2009 children's picture book written and illustrated by Patricia Polacco.It follows the story of an African American girl recounting her childhood with her two adoptive mothers and siblings.

8. Christmas Tapestry - Wikipedia

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   When Jonathan's father, who is a Baptist preacher, moves to Detroit, he has to learn to adjust to a new town. [1] [2] Jonathan helps his father get the church ready for Christmas and when ice puts a hole in the wall, he goes out with his father to buy a tapestry to cover the hole with the last of their money. [1]

9. Open Library - Wikipedia

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   Open Library is an online project intended to create "one web page for every book ever published". Created by Aaron Swartz, [3] [4] Brewster Kahle, [5] Alexis Rossi, [6] Anand Chitipothu, [6] and Rebecca Hargrave Malamud, [6] Open Library is a project of the Internet Archive, a nonprofit organization.