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Title: Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco, Patricia Gauch ISBN: 0-399-23166-8 Publisher: Philomel Books Pub. Date: May, 1998 Format: School & Library Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.66 (56 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Book to be Read Aloud in Every Classroom
Comment: Patricia Polacco bases this story on her own experiences as a child. She uses the story in this beautiful book to thank her fifth grade teacher, Mr. Falker. In the book, Tricia, who has a yearning to learn to read because of her family's love of learning, discovers that letters in books seem to be all just wiggling shapes. As Tricia moves through school, students call her dumb. She sadly begins to except their teasing and begins to believe she truly is dumb; until, Fifth Grade when she is blessed with an outstanding teacher, Mr. Falker. Every classroom should not only have this book, it should be read aloud. Without saying the word "dyslexia" or preaching, Polacco has produced a wonderfully compassionate story.
Rating: 5
Summary: A book that touches the heart and soul
Comment: As I slowly read through the pages of this wonderful book, I was touched. I found myself making connections to the young girl and her struggles. I understand what it means to be a struggling reader. I remembered a special teacher who made a difference in my life and helped me to read. As a teacher, I read the book to my class. At the end, my second and third graders had a lot to say! They connected with the character and her struggles too. We shared our own struggles with life. Their struggles ranged from reading and learning to play a new sport to relationships and friendships. The students had made connections. As a techer, I want all my students to make real connections to books, find passion in reading, and treat others kindly. This book really helped my students to see the importance of all these things in a very real way!
Rating: 5
Summary: Uniquely Touching
Comment: One of the most touching children's books I've read in recent memory, this autobiographical story by the great Patricia Polacco tells how "Tricia" overcame her reading problems with the help of a compassionate teacher. Polacco's story evokes the attendant feelings of inferiority and isolations, as well as her grateful joy upon finally reading an entire paragraph.
The story opens with a family ritual later expanded into a full story in Polacco's "The Bee Tree": Her grandfather drizzles some honey on a book cover and tells her "knowledge is like the bee that made that sweet honey, you have to chase it through the pages of a book."
Polacco draws in her trademark big loopy style; her palette and composition superbly capture emotion, particularly in the close-ups. She can convey a range of feelings simply by how she places color on a person's face. She's one of the most original and recognizable illustrators around. One of the most heartfelt and moving books you'll find in children's literature.
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Title: The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco ISBN: 0689844476 Publisher: Aladdin Library Pub. Date: 03 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco ISBN: 0399226710 Publisher: Philomel Books Pub. Date: September, 1994 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother by Patricia Polacco ISBN: 0689820364 Publisher: Aladdin Library Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Mr. Lincoln's Way by Patricia Polacco ISBN: 0399237542 Publisher: Philomel Books Pub. Date: 27 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: When Lightning Comes in a Jar by Patricia Polacco ISBN: 0399231641 Publisher: Philomel Books Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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