Author: Patricia Polacco

Quotes

When you come from a family of storytellers, you're doomed. You just have to tell stories.

When you come from a family of storytellers, you're doomed. You just have to tell stories.

- Patricia Polacco

I wasn't a very good student in elementary school and had a hard time with reading and writing.

I wasn't a very good student in elementary school and had a hard time with reading and writing.

- Patricia Polacco

My books cover many aspects of daily life through which your children will recognize their own relationships in their families and communities.

My books cover many aspects of daily life through which your children will recognize their own relationships in their families and communities.

- Patricia Polacco

I could walk into anyone's home one time and draw a three-dimensional architectural plan of the inside of their home from memory, but I could not add up a column of numbers.

I could walk into anyone's home one time and draw a three-dimensional architectural plan of the inside of their home from memory, but I could not add up a column of numbers.

- Patricia Polacco

I don't know if my work is a concerted effort to make kids sad! But life and death go hand in hand. It's our condition as human beings.

I don't know if my work is a concerted effort to make kids sad! But life and death go hand in hand. It's our condition as human beings.

- Patricia Polacco

I don't know if my work is a concerted effort to make kids sad!

I don't know if my work is a concerted effort to make kids sad!

- Patricia Polacco

I came from a family of incredible storytellers, but I didn't start writing children's books until I was 41 years old.

I came from a family of incredible storytellers, but I didn't start writing children's books until I was 41 years old.

- Patricia Polacco

Until we learn to honor and respect what other people believe, I think we are doomed.

Until we learn to honor and respect what other people believe, I think we are doomed.

- Patricia Polacco

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