Family Traditions
In Thank You Mr. Falker, Tricia's grandfather pours something on a book to show her that reading is sweet. What was it?
What is honey.
Patricia was born in 1944. How old is she now?
75 years old
What flavor is Thunder Cake?
What is chocolate.
In what book does a main character have a voice like slow thunder and sweet rain?
What is Chicken Sunday
What was the lesson/theme in Chicken Sunday?
Answer to be determined by Ms. Buchanan.
What is the name that Patricia called her grandmother that can also mean a scarf?
What is Babuska.
Learning was very difficult for Patricia. When did she learn to read?
When she was in 5th grade.
Name three ingredients in Thunder Cake.
What is eggs, sugar, flour, shortening, vanilla, tomatoes.
In what book does a small dog save many lives and becomes an unofficial Coast Guard Dog.
What is Remembering Vera
What was the message in Someone for Mr. Sussman?
To be yourself.
What country did Patricia's grandmother come from?
What is Russia.
Patricia is also the illustrator of her books. What does that mean?
She is the artist and makes all of the pictures.
How did they know how close the thunder storm was to the house?
They counted slowly between the lightening and the thunder.
In what book does Patricia tell us about her dad?
What is My Ol' Man
What was the message in Thank you, Mr. Falker
To never give up OR everyone learns differently
When did Patrica and her brother's relationship take a change for the better?
When he saved her from the carousel
Patricia was born in this state that begins with a M and lived there grandparents farm.
What is Michigan
What is the secret ingredient in Thunder Cake?
What is tomatoes.
Is what book does Patricia get teased and hide under the stairs?
What is Thank You Mr. Falker
What is the message in Babushka Baba Yaga?
To not judge people you haven't met and don't know.
The keeping quilt was used a huppa at weddings. What is a huppa?
What is a tent that the bride and groom stand under.
Patricia puts secret details in her books. Name one.
She draws herself as a girl as one of the characters and she includes real photographs of her family in the pictures.
Patricia's grandmother makes thunder cake to help her to learn to be brave. Name two brave things that she had to do to make the cake.
What is gather eggs, climb the trellis to pick a tomato, walk through the dark forest, milk the cow.
In what book does a little girl get separated from her family?
BONUS!: Explain what was happening during that time period.
What is The Butterfly.
BONUS: WWII, Holocaust, etc.
What is the message in Pink & Say
To help others when you can.