The Trees of the Dancing Goats
Title | The Trees of the Dancing Goats PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia Polacco |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2013-11-26 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1442498676 |
Trisha loves the eight days of Hanukkah, when her mother stays home from work, her Babushka makes delicious potato latkes, and her Grampa carves wonderful animals out of wood as gifts for Trisha and her brother. In the middle of her family's preparation for the festival of lights, Trisha visits her closest neighbors, expecting to find them decorating their house for Christmas. Instead they are all bedridden with scarlet fever. Trisha's family is one of the few who has been spared from the epidemic. It is difficult for them to enjoy their Hanukkah feast when they know that their neighbors won't be able to celebrate their holiday. Then Grampa has an inspiration: they will cut down trees, decorate them, and secretly deliver them to the neighbors, "But what can we decorate them with?" Babushka asks. Although it is a sacrifice, Trisha realizes that Grampa's carved animals are the perfect answer. Soon her living room is filled with trees -- but that is only the first miracle of many during an incredible holiday season. Based on a long cherished childhood memory, this story celebrates the miracle of true friendship.
Oh, Look!
Title | Oh, Look! PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia Polacco |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 34 |
Release | 2004-03-30 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0399242236 |
The famous Polacco goats are back! In this playful interactive chant, three mischievous little goats find their way out of the gate (squeak, squeak, squeak!), over a bridge (click, click, click!) through some mud (squish, squish, squish!), onto a carousel (um pah pah pah, um pah pah!)...and right into the path of an angry ogre! Of course, they are happy to turn right around and run straight back over the path they traveled, until at last they are back home gain, safe and sound. Patricia Polacco's color palette is bright and springlike in her second goat adventure for very young readers.
Welcome Comfort
Title | Welcome Comfort PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia Polacco |
Publisher | Turtleback Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2002-09 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780613505246 |
For use in schools and libraries only. 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.
Babushka's Doll
Title | Babushka's Doll PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia Polacco |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 2013-11-26 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1442498668 |
Babushka's doll was special. She had played with it only once, when she was a little girl like her high-spirited granddaughter, Natasha. Now Babushka is going to the store and it's Natasha's turn to take the little doll down from the high shelf. When the naughty doll comes to life -- and is even more rambunctious than the little girl herself -- Natasha finds out why playing once with Babushka's doll is enough! Patricia Polacco's beautiful illustrations capture the warmth, humor, and timeless spirit of her magical tale.
Palace of Books
Title | Palace of Books PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia Polacco |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 58 |
Release | 2023-03-07 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1534451323 |
From beloved storyteller Patricia Polacco comes a picture book based on her childhood about how a very special librarian and town library made her life happier after moving to a new state in elementary school. When young Patricia’s family moves to Battle Creek, Michigan, she finds it hard to believe this new place will ever feel like home. But soon she meets the kind librarian Mrs. Creavy and discovers the library’s doors are always open. Now, Patricia has a place to explore and study books about the birds that she loves. Mrs. Creavy even introduces her to the books of John James Audubon and helps Patricia introduce her classmates to the joy of birds by becoming the first member of the Audubon Bird Club of Freemont Elementary.
My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother
Title | My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia Polacco |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2011-06-28 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1442443308 |
There's nothing worse than a rotten redheaded older brother who can do everything you can do better! Patricia's brother Richard could run the fastest, climb the highest, and spit the farthest and still smile his extra-rotten, greeny-toothed, weasel-eyed grin. But when little Patricia wishes on a shooting star that she could do something—anything—to show him up, she finds out just what wishes—and rotten redheaded older brothers—can really do. Patricia Polacco's boldly and exuberantly painted pictures tell a lively and warmhearted tale of comic one-upsmanship and brotherly love.
January's Sparrow
Title | January's Sparrow PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia Polacco |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 98 |
Release | 2009-10-29 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0399250778 |
Patricia Polacco's most powerful book since Pink and Say. In the middle of the night, The Crosswhites?including young Sadie?must flee the Kentucky plantation they work on. Dear January has been beaten and killed by the plantation master, and they fear who may be next. But Sadie must leave behind her most valuable possession, the wooden sparrow carved for her by January. Through the Underground Railroad, the Crosswhites make the slow and arduous journey to Marshall, Michigan, where they finally live in freedom. And there they stay, happily, until the day a mysterious package shows up on their doorsteps. It is January?s sparrow, with a note that reads, ?I found you.? How the Crosswhites, and the whole town of Marshall, face this threat will leave readers empowered and enthralled. This is a Polacco adventure that will live in the minds of children for years.