Patricia Polacco, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Patricia Polacco

American children's writer and illustrator

Date of Birth: 11-Jul-1944

Place of Birth: Lansing, Michigan, United States

Profession: writer, children's writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Patricia Barber Polacco (born July 11, 1944, Lansing, Michigan) is an American author and illustrator.
Throughout her school years, Polacco struggled with reading but found relief by expressing herself through art.
Polacco endured teasing and hid her disability until a school teacher recognized that she could not read and began to help her.
Her book Thank You, Mr.
Falker is Polacco's retelling of this encounter and its outcome.
She also wrote such books as Mr.
Lincoln's Way and The Lemonade Club.