Patricia Polacco
Author
Pub. Date
2024
Formats
Description
"A visually stunning testimony to resilience and renewal." —Publishers Weekly
"An empathetic, heartbreaking look at how warfare can tear families apart—and how traditions still endure." —Kirkus Reviews
Beloved and bestselling storyteller Patricia Polacco draws on her Ukrainian heritage in this picture book following one family's history through the generations and the powerful bond of their...
"An empathetic, heartbreaking look at how warfare can tear families apart—and how traditions still endure." —Kirkus Reviews
Beloved and bestselling storyteller Patricia Polacco draws on her Ukrainian heritage in this picture book following one family's history through the generations and the powerful bond of their...
2) Emma Kate
Author
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
Emma Kate and her best friend, a toy elephant, share many activities, such as homework and soccer practice, and even have their tonsils out at the same time!
Author
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
When her beloved Ginger, a piano-playing socialite and very snappy dresser, makes a last-minute trip to London not knowing her housesitter has cancelled, Petunia the pig does more than fend for herself, she becomes Ginger.
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Description
Award-winning author Patricia Polacco based this story on her own childhood and the heroic teacher who helped her overcome her learning disability. Even though she is a wonderful artist who makes beautiful pictures with her crayons, Trisha can't figure out how to read. The other kids make fun of her, calling her terrible names like "Dummy." Then one day, a new teacher arrives. Mr. Falker doesn't think Trisha is dumb at all. He knows he can help her...
Author
Description
When Babushka was a girl, she had a special doll that she played with only once. Now it's her granddaughter's turn to learn a valuable lesson about consideration for others. Young readers will be delighted with this highly-acclaimed author's original variation on a theme: the childhood fantasy of toys coming to life. Barbara Caruso's lively narration will charm not only young children, but aging ones as well.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
Soon after her beloved grandmother's death, Trisha's family moves to a diverse California neighborhood where she meets Stewart and his grandmother, Miss Eula, who brings people together to help a grieving neighbor.
11) Mrs. Mack
Author
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
38 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Description
The author remembers the summer when she was ten years old and staying with her father in Michigan where she took riding lessons and became best friends with a perfect horse.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Description
A fifteen-year-old soldier in World War II meets a sweet young girl in the Philippines who helps him remember what he is fighting for as he helps her and others of her village avoid starvation, and many years later she returns his kindness.
13) John Philip Duck
Author
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
During the Depression, a young Memphis boy trains his pet duck to do tricks in the fountain of a grand hotel and ends up becoming the Duck Master of the Peabody Hotel.
Author
Series
Rotten Richie tales volume 1
Pub. Date
c1994
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Description
After losing running, climbing, throwing, and burping competitions to her obnoxious older brother, a young girl makes a wish on a falling star.
15) The blessing cup
Author
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 24 x 28 cm.
Description
A single china cup from a tea set left behind when Jews were forced to leave Russia helps hold a family together through generations of living in America, reminding them of the most important things in life.
18) Welcome Comfort
Author
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
[33] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
Welcome Comfort, a lonely foster child, is assured by his friend the school custodian that there is a Santa Claus, but he does not discover the truth until one wondrous and surprising Christmas Eve.
Author
Pub. Date
©2011
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
When two brothers visit a museum in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, with their grandmother, they find themselves in a very realistic Civil War setting where they see the Antietam battlefield and meet historical figures from the aftermath of that momentous battle. Includes author's note on the Battle of Antietam.
20) Just plain fancy
Author
Pub. Date
[1994], c1990
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Description
Naomi, an Amish girl whose elders have impressed upon her the importance of adhering to the simple ways of her people, is horrified when one of her hen eggs hatches into an extremely fancy bird.