Patricia Polacco Facts Part I
Patricia Polacco Facts Part II
Meteor!
Patricia Books
Keeping Quilt
100

How old is Patricia Polacco?

68

100

What is sitting by the fire, eating popcorn and listening to Babushka tell as story?

Firetalking

100
The Gaw Farm
Where did the story take place? Or where is the setting of the story?
100
The Keeping Quilt
This book is about Patricia's great-grandmother who comes to America from Russia.
100
Russia
Which country did Patricia's great-grandmother flee from (or leave)?
200

Who is Patricia Polacco's grandmother?


Babushka

200

What is a learning disability Patricia had that made it difficult for her to learn to read?

Dyslexia

200
a meteor
What fell into the Gaw yard?
200
Meteor
This book is about something special that lands in the backyard of the family farm.
200
Anna
What is the name of Patricia's great-grandmother in the story?
300

What age did Patricia Polacco learned to read?


Fourteen years old

300

Who is the teacher that taught Patricia how to read?

Mr. Falker

300
The townspeople began calling each other to do this.
What is gossip?
300
Thank you, Mr. Falker
This book is about the teacher who taught Patricia how to read.
300
Her dress and babushka.
What is the only thing that the girl has to remind her of the old country to remind her of her homeland?
400

At what age did Patricia sell her first book to book publishers?

41

400

What state did Patricia Polacco grow up?

Michigan

400
The town did meteoric activities.
How did they celebrate the meteor?
400
My Rotten-Redheaded Older Brother
This book is about an annoying older brother?
400
A tablecloth for the Shabbat table.
What did the family use the quilt for on Friday nights?
500

What class/subject/hobby helped Patricia as a child?

Art

500

Who was the relative who first touched the now-famous meteor?

Patricia's grandfather

500
It had magical powers.
What did the people of the town believe about the meteor?
500
For the Love of Autumn
This books is about a teacher and a cat.
500
The wedding chuppa (wedding canopy)?
What did the keeping quilt become on family weddings?
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