Author for children Patricia Polacco

Patricia Polacco

Living place: Lansing

Birthday: 11-7-1944 (80 years old)

Population of US 1944: 138,397,345

Global rank: #15741

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Author for children Patricia Polacco profile

Who is Author for children Patricia Polacco?
Author and illustrator of many children's books, including Boat Ride with Lillian Two Blossom, The Keeping Quilt, and Thanks, Mr. Falker. She has received many literary honors, including the 1992 Kite Golden Award (for her book, Sunday Chicken)
She began her career as an artist. She didn't start writing children's books until she was forty-one years old.
 
 

Young / Before famous

She struggled with reading as a child, and was diagnosed with dyslexia, which she eventually overcame. Her book, Thank You, Mr. Falker, details this childhood struggle and honors the elementary school teachers who recognized her disability and helped her cope with it.

Family life info

She was born in Lansing, Michigan to a family of mixed Eastern European and Irish heritage. Her beloved paternal grandmother, who passed away in 1949, appeared in several of her children's books. She is married to an Italian chef named Enzo and has two children.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Author for children Patricia Polacco?
Christopher Curtis, another popular children's book author, was also born in Michigan.

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Summary of Patricia Polacco profile

When was Author for children Patricia Polacco born?
Patricia Polacco birthday 11-7-1944 (at the age of 80).
Where is Author for children Patricia Polacco's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Patricia Polacco was born in Lansing, Michigan- United States. is a Author for children, whose Zodiac is Cancer, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Monkey. Patricia Polacco's global rank is 15741 and whose rank is 34 in list of famous Author for children. Population of US in 1944 is about 138,397,345 persons.
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Events in 1944 and 11-7

Events in US in the birth year of Patricia Polacco

  • FDR is reelected, beating Republican challenger Thomas Dewey. Background: Presidential Elections, 1789–present
  • GI Bill of Rights is passed, providing benefits for armed-service veterans.

Birthday Patricia Polacco (11-7) in history

  • Day 11-7 year 1533: Pope Clement VII announced an annulment of the marriage of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.
  • Day 11-7 year 1804: Former U.S. Treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton was fatally stabbed by his colleague Aaron Burr and died the following afternoon.
  • Day 11-7 year 1864: Confederate general Jubal A. Early and his troops attacked Washington, DC. They retreated the next day, ending the Confederate threat to occupy the capital.
  • Day 11-7 year 1914: Babe Ruth made his major league baseball debut as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox.
  • Day 11-7 year 1977: The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work to advance civil rights.
  • Day 11-7 year 1989: Actor Laurence Olivier died.
  • Day 11-7 year 1995: The United States and Vietnam established full diplomatic relations.
  • Day 11-7 year 2011: The News of the World, a British newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch, closes after several allegations that the paper's journalists hacked into voicemail accounts belonging to not only a 13-year-old murder victim, but also the relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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