Patricia Polacco
Patricia’s Life
Patricia was born in Lansing, Michigan in 1944. She was
the daughter of William Barber, a salesman who became
a TV talk show host, and Mary Ellen Barber, who was a
teacher. Her father was of Irish descent and her mother
had a Russian/Ukrainian background.
At age 3, her parents got a divorce. Both of her parents
moved back in with their own parents. Patricia and her
brother mainly lived with her mom and grandma in Michigan.
She lived on the farm with her mom and
grandparents until 1949 when her Babushka
(grandmother) died. Patricia’s family then decided
to move away from Michigan.
“I must say that living on that little
farm with them was the most
magical time of my life...and that my
Babushka and other grandparents
were some of the most inspirational
people in my life.” –Patricia Polacco
Patricia’s Life
Patricia had problems reading until she was diagnosed at the
age of 14 with dyslexia. She suffered from taunts from her
classmates due to her lack of progress in reading and math.
Sketching and illustrating became her focus which left
classmates speechless.
At age 18, she received a scholarship to go to college. She
attended Ohio University for a few terms before deciding
to drop out and get married. She then had two kids.
The marriage did not last. After she divorced her
1st husband, she completed her undergraduate
studies in California.
Patricia’s Life
She then went on to Australia to further her education.
She earned a MFA in painting from Monash University
in Melbourne.
Patricia continued her education and received a PhD in
Russian and Greek iconographic history from the Royal
Melbourne Institute of Technology.
While studying in Australia, she met her second
husband Enzo Polacco who is an Italian Jew from
Trieste, Italy. He is a chef and cooking instructor as
well as a Holocaust survivor.
Patricia’s Life
Patricia worked for museums restoring ancient icons
before she became an author/illustrator. Patricia didn't
start writing and illustrating children's books until 1987
when she was 41 years old.
“I come from a long line of
story tellers, so telling is my
stock and trade. Writing it
all down, on the other
hand, came much later in
my life.” ---Patricia Polacco
Writing – The Beginning
She started jotting down the various stories that were
“rolling around in her head”. Once the word got out,
she was encouraged to join the Society of Children's
Book writers and Illustrators.
“It was a major step because it was there that I
learned how to put together a dummy and get a
story into the form of a children's picture book.
Then my mother supported a trip to New York,
where she and I visited 16 publishers in one week.
I submitted everything I had to more than one
house. By the time I got home the following week I
had sold just about everything.”
Artwork– The Beginning
“Mind you the "art" has always been there for me
most of my life. Apparently one of the symptoms of
my disability in academics is the ability to draw
very, very well. So drawing, painting and sculpture
has always been a part of my life even before I
started illustrating my books.”
---Patricia Polacco
Patricia used a room in her house as her
studio for some time before realizing she
needed more space. She still has her office
and writing desk at Meteor Ridge, but she
bought an old Victorian house near her own
house where she now has her art studio.
Writing– Her Inspirations
Polacco uses family stories as one of her inspirations for writing.
She says that her Babushka, along with other family members, were
always telling stories to Patricia and her brother when they were young.
Therefore, she says that she comes from a long line of incredible
storytellers.
“I would say that these relationships with my grandparents have most
definitely influenced my life and my work.” –Patricia Polacco
She also gets inspirations from the people in her neighborhood from
when she lived in California as a child.
“What I loved the most about this neighborhood is that all of my
neighbors came in as many colors, ideas and religions as there are people
on the planet. How lucky I was to know so many people that were so
different and yet so much alike.” –Patricia Polacco
Writing– Common Themes
Polacco has a variety of themes that show up throughout all of her
books.
Family Relationships (We will focus on this one.)
Traditions and Heritage (We will also focus on this one.)
Everyday Heroes
Understanding Differences
Classroom Celebrations
Life Lessons
Teaching Sensitive Topics
History
Friendship
These themes are easy for Polacco to integrate into her stories since her
stories are based on childhood memories, family stories, and her
imagination.
Artwork– The Materials
Polacco uses the same artistic media throughout her books. She uses:
Pentel Acetone Markers
Acrylic Paint
Number 2 Pencils
Number 6B Pencils
Oil Pastels
Charcoal
Watercolor Paints
Gouache
Collages
“SOMETIMES WHEN YOU SEE PHOTOS OF PEOPLE IN MY
BOOKS -(LIKE ON A DRESSER IN FRAMES) I ACTUALLY
PASTE THE PHOTOS INTO THE ARTWORK SO THAT IT WILL
LOOK LIKE IT BELONGS THERE...THE PHOTOS THAT
APPEAR IN MY BOOKS ARE USUALLY PICTURES OF THE
PEOPLE THAT THE BOOK IS ACTUALLY ABOUT.” –Patricia
Polacco
Artwork– The Process
 At her studio near her house, she has drawing tables and boards where
she works out what her books will look like.
This is when she draws the “dummy”, which is a blueprint of what the
picture book will look like.
In her studio, she figures out what she is going to draw on each page of
the story.
Polacco has three sources where she gets her inspirations and ideas from
for her pictures, which are live models, photographs, and her imagination.
Once she finishes the dummy, it gets sent to New York for corrections by
her art director and then sent back to her for the needed changes if any.
Polacco draws her books 25% larger than what they will be in her actual
books. She does this by putting the drawings over a light box to make sure
that the drawings won’t go into where the text or words are going to be.
After she has traced out the final illustrations, she colors them in using
her markers, pencils, and paints.
Artwork– Elements of Design
 Polacco uses a lot of white space in her illustrations to help maintain focus on her
characters.
She also incorporates animals throughout her stories, especially goats and cats.
Polacco is also known for including cultural and/or religious symbols of her
characters within the interior scenes of her stories.
Another element of design that she is noted for is her choice of Earth tone colors.
Patricia also uses Russian folk art patterns throughout her stories, such as the use
of the same patterns of fabric for the characters’ clothing from one book to the next
and even the faces of the characters from one book to another to show how a
character develops over time.
Another feature that is distinctive in Polacco’s work is the up close faces of her
characters that she draws. She uses lines on the faces to reinforce the age of the
characters, which is rare in picture books for children.
For her book covers, she likes to use bold colors and images to invite the reader
into the story. Patricia often creates different illustrations for her dust jacket and the
actual hard cover of the book.
The end papers in her books are most often solid colors, but are at times more
decorative to help set the mood or to provide interest or information for the story.
All of these elements of design make her work distinctive from others.
The Complete Process
It starts off with Polacco sitting in one of her 12 rocking chairs on her porch listening to
music while the stories just come to her mind.
It then takes 1 to 2 months for Polacco to write and rewrite her stories.
Then it takes about a month to draw up the “dummy” or blueprint of the art.
She sends her dummy to New York where her art director makes corrections on her
artwork and then sends it back to Polacco.
Polacco then does the final color illustrations, which takes about 1 to 2 months to do.
The next step is sending it back to New York to get scanned and color separated.
Once this happens, the films of the entire book get sent to Hong Kong to be printed,
where most color books are printed at.
The printing process takes about a month.
Finally, the books are bound, boxed, and shipped back to the U.S. where they will be
stored in the publishers warehouses for up to six months or even sometimes longer.
They will not be sold in stores until the publication date when the book is released.
www.patriciapolacco.com
“FROM THE TIME I GET AN IDEA FOR A STORY UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY SEE IT
AS A BOOK, ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF HAVE GONE BY. I ALSO WORK
ABOUT 3 BOOKS AHEAD OF WHAT YOU SEE ON THE BOOKSHELVES.”
–Patricia Polacco
Doing What She Does Best
Doing What She Does Best
Her Passions
Her job as an author/illustrator is among her passions. She
has been noted saying, “I am lucky…so very lucky! I love my
life. Can you imagine doing what you love every day?... My
thoughts boil in my head. They catch the air and fly. The
images and stories come back with fury and energy…My
heart sings whenever I am drawing.” –Patricia Polacco
Polacco also collects and drives carriages, enjoys eating food with lots of garlic, rides a
Harley Davidson motorcycle from time to time, and loves black and white photography.
Her animals are also
among her passions,
especially her cats who
share her work space
and her goats.
Want More?
Check out this website to learn more
about this unique author/illustrator.
www.patriciapolacco.com
Launching a Patricia Polacco Unit of Study
The unifying theme that we would use to introduce a unit of
study on Patricia Polacco is the theme of family traditions. We
would be able to use this to help students understand where they
come from and who their people are since Polacco’s books are
inspired from her own family stories.
We would like to introduce students to the realistic fiction books
from her collection that deal with family relationships, traditions,
and heritage.
We would also touch on her intricate, detailed illustrations and
the thought that goes into each one. Polacco’s artistic medium stays
the same throughout each of her books and in fact many elements
overlap into other stories that she has written.
We would like for our students to learn about the artistic media
and elements of design that play into Polacco’s illustrations to gain
a deeper understanding of how the illustrations add depth to the
meaning of the text.
Launching a Patricia Polacco Unit of Study
We will first introduce our unit with our Prezi about Patricia Polacco. This unit
is intended for third grade.
http://prezi.com/riioibrrjb63/patricia-polacco-childrens-authorillustratorstudy/?kw=view-riioibrrjb63&rc=ref-3420542
We will then launch our unit with The Keeping Quilt. Before reading, we will
watch the powerful video where Polacco describes and shows the real quilt from
the story. We will discuss and understand Polacco’s feelings about her family’s
quilt and their traditions. The story clearly depicts the heritage her family brings
from Russia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkRkWoneKgY - The real “Keeping
Quilt”
We will also make a quilt out of paper. Each child will receive two square
pieces of paper. On one piece, they will write a Where I’m From or I Am Poem.
On the other piece, they will draw a picture about themselves and their family.
We will discuss how, like Patricia, we are all good at something and are all more
alike than different. Once the students finish, we will put all of the squares
together to make a quilt.
Teaching Writing through Polacco’s Work
During this unit we will be doing narrative writing. We will use the five
books: My Rotten Redheaded Brother, My Ol’ Man, Thunder Cake, Some
Birthday! and When Lightning Comes In a Jar for mentor texts. We will
discuss with our students that they are writing small moments from their
lives just like Patricia Polacco does in her books.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogoEpqfdVaw&feature=emshare_video_user - Patricia Polacco (self-proclaimed “Narrative
Queen”)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDczJbiwWv4 – Remember to
listen/speak first before you write.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8K7bxPwqAs – We will watch
this video as a preview to the book When Lightning Comes in a Jar
and ask our children what a family reunion is and if they have ever
been to one.
Once the students publish their writing, we will invite them to use the
artistic media and elements of design that Polacco is known for in their
own illustrations.
To incorporate the website www.padlet.com, we will ask our students to
predict what they think a thunder cake is in the book Thunder Cake. We will
discuss the onomatopoeia that is weaved throughout the story. This story
also addresses traditions which is part of our overall theme.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhhtKGCsAyY&feature=emshare_video_user – A video of Polacco reading her own work,
Thunder Cake.
www.padlet.com/wall/cfd1sqmtx5 - Our Padlet for Thunder Cake.
The students will complete a Padlet about the book Thank You, Mr. Falker.
The students will be asked to write about the character’s emotion in this
book and to use evidence from the text. Next, the students will complete a
Venn Diagram and compare and contrast Thank You, Mr. Falker and The Art
of Miss Chew. We want our students to learn from Thank You, Mr. Falker to
have empathy for others and to understand the commonality of humanity
while learning about what Polacco faced as a child.
www.padlet.com/wall/o0o3r2z24f - Our Padlet for Thank You, Mr. Falker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abN2aP_Dzd0&feature=emshare_video_user - Thank You, Mr. Falker being read aloud
To meet our Common Core Standards, we will also compare My Rotten
Redheaded Older Brother and Rotten Richie and the Ultimate Dare since they
are both written by the same author and share stories from her life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogoEpqfdVaw
(A link to My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother being read aloud.)
At the end of the unit, students will choose a character for any of the
stories written by Polacco. Using details from the story, the students will
describe how the character changes from the beginning to the end of the
story. The students will do this on a Padlet.
www.padlet.com/wall/akgd7793rv
To conclude the unit, students will choose their favorite book. They will
use the opinion template and write a book review for that book. It will be
published on Amazon Book Review for Kids.
To keep our unit alive throughout the year, we will bring out Polacco’s
story, An Orange for Frankie, at Christmas time. This will allow us to revisit
the theme of our unit. We will invite the students to share family traditions
with each other and make an Animoto video depicting this tradition.
Standards Met by the Unit
Reading
3.RL.3 Describe the characters in the story and describe how their actions contribute to
sequence of events.
3.RL.7 Explain how specific aspects of text of a text’s illustrations contribute to what is
conveyed by the words in a story ( mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting)
3.RL.9 Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same
author about the same or similar character
Writing:
3.W.1(a-d) Write opinion pieces on texts supporting a point of view with reasons.
3.W.3(a-D) Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using
effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
3.W.6 With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish
writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others
3.SL.2 Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information
presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally
Social Studies
3.C.1 Understand how diverse culture are valuable in local and regional communities.
The Keeping Quilt
(1988)
Summary:
This story tells about Patricia’s family coming to America from
Russia. The family made a quilt from family members’ old clothes.
The quilt was used for weddings, birth of children, birthday parties,
and other special events in the family. The quilt helped to keep
memories of their family members from Russia. Stories were told
about each piece of the quilt. It became a family tradition. The
quilt was passed down from generation to generation along with the
stories.
A Closer Look at Her Artwork
The negative space is white,
which allows the focus to be
maintained onThen
the quit.
The quilt is bordered in red,
which is an attention-getting
color. The colors of the quilt
draw the reader’s eyes to the
most important object in the
positive space.
Thunder Cake
(1990)
Summary:
In this story the grandmother helps the little girl overcome a fear
of thunderstorms. The grandmother tells the little girl that thunder
is only a sound and it was the perfect time to make Thunder Cake.
So the two of them go and gather all the ingredients. While they are
doing this, the little girl counts how long it is between the lightning
and the thunder. That is how long they have before the storm gets
there. They bake the cake and sit down during the storm and enjoy
cake and tea. The little girl overcomes her fear of thunderstorms.
A Closer Look at Her Artwork
Polacco likes to
incorporate her
animals into her
stories, especially
her goats and cats.
She also likes to use
Earth tone colors as
her color of choice
throughout her
stories.
Some Birthday!
(1991)
Summary:
Patricia thinks that her entire family has forgotten about her birthday. In fact,
her father acts as if it is a normal day and goes on about his business. To make
matters worse, her father plans a trip to the Clay Pit at the edge of town. Patricia,
along with her father, brother, and cousin all set out on their adventure to “the
scariest place on Earth” with campfire provisions in hand. While they are there,
they hear a sound that her father goes to investigate. All of a sudden, what
appears to be the Clay Pit Monster comes walking towards the children. They run
all the way home only to find out it was Patricia’s father who had fallen in the
water. Then out comes the cake and the birthday celebration begins!
A Closer Look at Her Artwork
Here is an example
of how she uses
her family photos
for the artistic
media of collage.
The color red creates a focus
on Patricia since this book is
about her birthday.
My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother
(1994)
Summary:
Patricia writes this story in first person about her older
brother. The story takes place in the summer on her grandparents’
farm when she was a child. Her rotten redheaded older brother is
always better at everything than her. She longs to do something
better than him. She tries eating more blueberries and more raw
rhubarb, but is unsuccessful. One night she wishes upon a star.
They go to the carnival and Patricia rides the merry-go-round
longer than her brother. When she gets off, she falls. Her brother
carries her all the way home and ran to get the doctor. Patricia
had to get stitches and thanks her big brother for helping her. This
event changed their relationship and shows a family’s love for one
another.
A Closer Look at Her Artwork
For her book
covers, she
likes to use
bold colors
and images to
invite the
reader into
the story.
One of Polacco’s
distinctions is
that she
continually
incorporates the
same things
throughout all
of her stories,
such as the
goats that we’ve
already seen
earlier in
Thunder Cake.
My Ol’ Man
(1995)
Summary:
This story is about a father who is a traveling salesman who
loved to tell stories. One day he told his children a story about a
magic rock with old lines down by the pond. A few days later, he
lost his job. This made it difficult for the family, but each day
they would visit the rock and hope the magic would work.
Finally, a man showed up at their house and offered the dad a
job at a radio station. He was impressed with the story he had
written about the rock. However, they learned the magic was
inside them and not really in the rock.
A Closer Look at Her Artwork
Polacco sets her self apart from most children’s book illustrators through her use of lines on
faces to reinforce the age of the characters and even illustrates close-ups of her characters
especially the elderly, which is a rare characteristic for picture books.
Thank You, Mr. Falker
(1998)
Summary:
This story begins with a little girl who is eager to begin school and learn to read.
However, when she goes to school she is very good at drawing but struggles with
reading. In first grade, she was unsuccessful with learning to read the words on the
pages. She stayed in the same reader while the others moved on. Trisha began to
feel different. As the years went by, she continued to struggle and other students
began to make fun of her and call her names. So school became an undesirable
place to be. Later her mother moved the family to California and Trisha had hoped
things would be better in a new school. Soon the same things began to happen to
her. Trisha was lonely and felt dumb. In fifth grade a man named Mr. Falker became
Trisha’s teacher. He really bragged to the class about her drawing and discouraged
the teasing the students did in the classroom. One student continued to bully Trisha
until one day Mr. Falker caught him. He discovered Trisha’s problem with reading
and helped her learn to read. Finally Trisha had learned to read thanks to a caring
fifth grade teacher.
A Closer Look at Her Artwork
The color orange is used to
symbolize the change that is taking
place as her family moves to a new
location.
The color blue is used
to symbolize the
tranquility and peace
that they feel in their
decision to move.
A Closer Look at Her Artwork
The color yellow is used
as a foreshadowing
feature of what’s to
come. Yellow
represents the
happiness that Mr.
Falker will bring to Trish
once she learns how to
read.
The vertical lines used
to make his body show
the stability he will
bring to her life.
When Lightning Comes in a Jar
(2002)
Summary:
This is a story of a family reunion. Everyone is excited
about all of the aunts, uncles, cousins gathering together at
Gramma’s house. There is lots of food. The kids play
baseball, croquet, bag races, and rode the horse. They sat
around and looked at photo albums and told stories. When
it was almost dark, Aunt Bertha brought out the canning jars
and Gramma tells the story of the magic of the fireflies and
how to catch lightning in a jar. The children dash around
catching fireflies.
A Closer Look at Her Artwork
Patricia incorporates actual
family photos into her books
as part of her artistic media.
the positive space.
An Orange for Frankie
(2004)
Summary:
This is a story about a family Christmas tradition of long ago. The Stowell family had a
tradition of gathering boughs of greens for the mantel. Then their Pa would bring home
nine oranges, one for each child to put on the mantel. This Christmas had a bad snow
storm and everyone was worried about Pa making it home for Christmas. Their mother
always fed the passengers on the train when they stopped. This year one of the hobos
seemed very cold and didn’t have a shirt. So Frankie, the youngest gave him his red sweater
his sister had made him last year. As Christmas approached the family gathered the greens
and decorated the tree. Finally on Christmas Eve, Pa arrived with the oranges. The children
were not to touch the oranges, however Frankie did put it on his pocket and the family
headed to the Christmas pageant. When the family returned home Frankie did not have an
orange. Feeling sad Frankie told his mother about how he gave his sweater away to the
hobo and took the orange. Afterward, Frankie went downstairs and discovered an orange
with a pink ribbon tied around it. It had eight wedges. Each brother and sister shared a
wedge of their orange to give Frankie one. It was a precious Christmas for giving and the
last Christmas for Frankie.
A Closer Look at Her Artwork
The artistic media used in
this book was watercolor
and pencil, which is typical
in a lot of her work.
The color blue shows the
tranquility and peace that
is brought on due to the
falling snow.
List of Books
Bully
The Art of Miss Chew
Bun Bun Button
Just in Time, Abraham Lincoln
The Junk Yard Wonders
January's Sparrow
In Our Mother's House
Someone for Mr. Sussman
For the Love of Autumn
The Lemonade Club
Ginger and Petunia
Something About Hensley's
Rotten Richie and the Ultimate Dare
Emma Kate
The Graves Family Goes
Camping Mommies Say Shhh!
An Orange for Frankie
John Philip Duck
Oh Look!
The Graves Family
"G" is for Goat
Christmas Tapestry
When Lightning Comes in a Jar
Mr. Lincoln's Way
Betty Doll
The Butterfly
Luba and the Wren
Welcome Comfort
List of Books Continued
Mrs. Mack
Thank You, Mr. Falker
In Enzo's Splendid Gardens
The Tress of the Dancing Goats
I Can Hear the Sun: A Modern Myth
The Bee Tree
Picnic at Mudsock Meadow
Mrs. Katz and Tush
Chicken Sunday
Some Birthday!
Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair Appelemando's Dreams
Babushka's Mother Goose
Uncle Vova's Tree
Babushka’s Doll
Just Plain Fancy
My Ol' Man
Boat Ride With Lillian Two Blossom
My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother
Thunder Cake
Pink and Say
The Keeping Quilt
Tikvah Means Hope
Casey at the Bat
Babushka Baba Yaga
Rechenka's Eggs
Meteor!
An Interview with Patricia Polacco
Food For Thought…
For More Information…
Please visit these related websites:
http://prezi.com/riioibrrjb63/patricia-polacco-childrens-authorillustrator-study/
(This is the link to the Prezi that we created to use with the students.)
www.patriciapolacco.com - the author’s website
http://www.patriciapolacco.com/documents/4PPOLACCOEDGUIDE.PDF
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendaractivities/children-author-patricia-polacco-20659.html
http://www.ipl.org/div/askauthor/polaccobio.html
http://schools.cms.k12.nc.us/hiddenvalleyES/Documents/3rd%20Grade%20EOG
%20Study%20Materials/Patricia%20Polacco.pdf
http://www.teachingbooks.net/author_collection.cgi?id=56&a=1
http://www.youtube.com/user/DreamJamWorld (Scroll to bottom for videos)
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/patricia-polacco
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