Patricia Polacco was in her 40s when she took a trip to New York City, bankrolled by her mother, to try to sell her first children’s book. By day, she would meet with publishers. By night, she and her ...

After reading the story Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco, Antwerp second-graders in Mrs. Bailey's class made their own thunder cake. Students mixed the ingredients together as thunder sound clips ...

Patricia Polacco was in her 40s when she took a trip to New York City, bankrolled by her mother, to try to sell her first children's book. By day, she would meet with publishers. By night, she and her ...

Popular children’s author/illustrator Patricia Polacco–best known for her books “The Keeping Quilt,” “Uncle Vova’s Tree” and “Thunder Cake”–will visit Clow Elementary School in Naperville May 22 as ...

When I was a little kid, before I knew how to read a recipe, the popular book in my second-grade class was "Thunder Cake" by Patricia Polacco. It tells the story of a young girl who is afraid of ...

Mayor Arthur Vigeant was a special guest recently in Amy Gogan’s third-grade class at the Kane Elementary School in recognition of Community Reading Day. Vigeant was on hand to read the students the ...