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My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother

by Polacco, Patricia

After losing running, climbing, throwing, and burping competitions to her obnoxious older brother, a young girl makes a wish on a falling star.

Firetalking

by Polacco, Patricia & Migdale, Lawrence

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Babushka Baba Yaga

by Polacco, Patricia

The villagers are afraid of her, so the legendary Baba Yaga disguises herself as an old woman in order to know the joys of being a grandmother.

Mrs. Katz and Tush

by Polacco, Patricia

A long-lasting friendship develops between Larnel, a young African-American, and Mrs. Katz, a lonely Jewish widow, when Larnel presents Mrs. Katz with a scrawn...

Chicken Sunday

by Polacco, Patricia

To thank Miss Eula for her wonderful Sunday chicken dinners, three children sell decorated eggs to buy her a beautiful Easter hat.

Appelemando's Dreams

by Polacco, Patricia

Because he spends his time dreaming, the villagers are convinced that Appelemando will never amount to much but in time his dreams change the village and all t...

Just Plain Fancy

by Polacco, Patricia

Naomi, an Amish girl whose elders have impressed upon her the importance of adhering to the simple ways of her people, is horrified when one of her hen eggs ha...

G. P. Putnam's Sons presents Casey at the bat

a ballad of the Republic, sung in the year 1888

by Thayer, Ernest Lawrence & Polacco, Patricia

The popular narrative poem about a celebrated baseball player who strikes out at the crucial moment of a game, with additional text placing it in the context o...

Rechenka's eggs

by Polacco, Patricia

An injured goose rescued by Babushka, having broken the painted eggs intended for the Easter Festival in Moscva, lays thirteen marvelously colored eggs to repl...

Meteor!

by Polacco, Patricia

A quiet rural community is dramatically changed when a meteor crashes down in the front yard of the Gaw family.