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Patricia Polacco
American writer and illustrator (born 1944)
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| Born | (1944-07-11) July 11, 1944 (age 80) Lansing, Michigan, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author, illustrator |
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.
Her book Thank You, Mr. Falker is Polacco's retelling of this encounter and its outcome.
Patricia polacco familyShe also wrote such books as Mr. Lincoln's Way and The Lemonade Club.
Biography
Polacco was born Patricia Barber on July 11, 1944 in Lansing, Michigan, the daughter of a teacher and a salesman turned talk show host.
She lived in Williamston, Michigan[1] until the age of three, when her parents divorced and she moved with her mother and brother to her materna
