The Trees of the Dancing Goats

The Trees of the Dancing Goats
Author: Patricia Polacco
Publsiher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2013-11-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781442498679

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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

Oh  Look
Author: Patricia Polacco
Publsiher: Penguin
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2004-03-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780399242236

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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.

Babushka s Doll

Babushka s Doll
Author: Patricia Polacco
Publsiher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2013-11-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781442498662

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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.

Uncle Vova s Tree

Uncle Vova s Tree
Author: Patricia Polacco
Publsiher: Puffin Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Christmas stories
ISBN: 0698116437

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Grandparents, aunts and uncles, and children gather at a farm house to celebrate Christmas in the Russian tradition.

Palace of Books

Palace of Books
Author: Patricia Polacco
Publsiher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 58
Release: 2023-03-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781534451322

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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.

Welcome Comfort

Welcome Comfort
Author: Patricia Polacco
Publsiher: Turtleback Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002-09
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 0613505247

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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.

Some Birthday

Some Birthday
Author: Patricia Polacco
Publsiher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2013-11-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781442497962

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"Anything special happening today, Daddy?" Patricia asked, hoping it would help him remember. "Nope, honey. Today's about the same as any other day, I'd say." Some birthday! Where was the cake with all the candles, the brightly wrapped present, and the family singing "happy birthday" all together? Not only had the festivities apparently been forgotten, but Dad suggests a trip to one of the scariest places on earth -- home of the Clay Pit Bottoms Monster! With a sparkle of mischief, Patricia Polacco's bold, expressive pictures tell how a certain little girl has the spookiest, most exciting, funniest, and best birthday ever.

The Keeping Quilt

The Keeping Quilt
Author: Patricia Polacco
Publsiher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2013-08-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781442490703

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This 25th anniversary edition of a beloved and bestselling classic about family and tradition includes fifteen pages of bonus material. “We will make a quilt to help us always remember home,” Anna’s mother said. “It will be like having the family in backhome Russia dance around us at night.” And so it was. From a basket of old clothes, Anna’s babushka, Uncle Vladimir’s shirt, Aunt Havalah’s nightdress, and an apron of Aunt Natasha’s become The Keeping Quilt, passed along from mother to daughter for almost a century. For four generations the quilt is a Sabbath tablecloth, a wedding canopy, and a blanket that welcomes babies warmly into the world. In strongly moving pictures that are as heartwarming as they are real, Patricia Polacco tells the story of her own family and the quilt’s further story that remains a symbol of their enduring love and faith. This anniversary edition includes fifteen pages of original material describing the quilt’s journey and its home at the Mazza Museum in Findley, Ohio.