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Date of Birth
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11-July-1944
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Place of Birth
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Lansing
(Michigan, United States of America, Eaton County, Ingham County, Area code 517)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Profession
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Writer, Author, Illustrator
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Patricia Barber Polacco is the author and illustrator of numerous picture books for children.
She struggled in school because she was unable to read until age 14 due to dyslexia; she found relief by expressing herself through art. Polacco endured teasing and hid her disability until a schoolteacher 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.
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