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[i]Emma Kate[/i], by Patricia Polacco, is a story of an imaginative young girl and her dream time companion, and enormous elephant by the name of Emma Kate. In her dreams, they do everything together, from soccer practice to reading a book.

Polacco, Patricia. [i]Emma Kate[/i]. New York: Philomel Books, 2005. Print.

[i]Mommies Say Shh[/i], by Patricia Polacco, is about all the differnt noises animals make and at the end of the book she tells us that mommies say shh. It's great way to learn about animals and the noises they make and what mommies say.

Polacco, Patricia. [i]Mommies Say Shhh[/i]. New york: Philomel Books, 2005. Print.

A little girl who was waiting to see if her family would remember it was her birthday. Her dad played it off like they forgot all about her birthday but at the end of a well played distraction full of excitment, she got her cake and everybody celebrated her birthday.

Polacco, Patricia. [i]Some Birthday[/i] New York: Philomel Books, 2005. Print.

In Rechenka's Eggs, Old Babusshka is preparing her painted eggs for a festival when she takes in an injured goose named Rechenka. The goose ruined all the eggs and for twelve days there was new painted eggs in her bed to replace the old ones.

Polacco, Patricia. [i]Rechenka's Eggs[/i]. New York: Philomel Books, 1988. Print.

[i]The Butterfly[/i], written by Michigan author, Patricia Polacco, is set in France during World War II. The main character, a young French girl, finds a Jewisih family living in the cellar of her house, hiding from the Nazis.

Polacco, Patricia. [i]The Butterfly[/i]. New York: Philomel Books, 2000. Print.

[i]Rotten Richie and the Ultimate Dare[/i] is a story of a brother and a sister who have two very different hobbies, ballet and hockey, and do not get along. It's a tale of competition and compromise, and begins when she dares her brother, Richie, to dance in her ballet recital.

Polacco, Patricia. [i]Rotten Richie and the Ultimate Dare[/i]. New York: Penguin, 2006. Print.

[i]In Enzo's Splendid Gardens[/i], by Patricia Polacco, a good day changes quickly because of a bee. It just goes to show you everything can change because of one little thing.

Polacco, Patricia. [i]In Enzo's Splendid Gardens[/i]. New York: philomel Books, 1997. Print.

In The Keeping Quilt, Patricia tells the story of her grandmothers travels from Russia to America, and about the dress she made into a quilt that would be passed down through their family for almost a century.

Polacco, Patricia. The Keeoing Quilt. New York: Books for young readers, 1988. Print.

[i]For the Love of Autumn[/i] by, Patricia Polacoo Miss Parks, a school teacher, loves her new home, new job, new students and most of all her little kitten named Autumn. One night Autumn ran away, six weeks later returning with a new collar, which begins a mystery for Miss Parks and her students to solve.

Polacco, Patricia. For the Love of Autumn. New York: Penguin Young Readers Group, 2008. Print.

[i]The Graves Family[/i] by, Patricia Polacco Seth and sara Miller try to help their new neighbor, the Graves family, fit in Union City. After many failed attempts, Christopher Joel, the fall home show judge, loved their haunted house and got them accepted into Union City.

Polacco, Patricia. The Graves Family. New York: Philomel Books, 2003. Print.