Patricia polacco author study activities

Patricia Polacco is one of the best children’s book authors around. If you pause for a moment and think about your favorite authors from childhood, you can probably come up with a few. Maybe it was Dr. Seuss or Gary Paulsen, or perhaps you loved Clifford and Curious George.

As a reading specialist, I quickly developed a love of Patricia Polacco’s work. The connection she forms to struggling readers is just huge. More important than connecting to them is the fact that with hard work and perseverance, she was able to overcome many of her challenges. This is huge for the students I’ve worked with.

By the time students reach fourth and fifth grade, they often perceive themselves as failures and doubt things will ever get better.

Patricia Polacco - Reading Rockets

No matter how often we tell them that we believe in them and that they can do it, they’ve had too many setbacks to believe us. Sound familiar? If so, I would enco 13 Fun Ways Patricia Polacco's Books Support Readers And Writers WACO