Fun facts
- Patricia did not start writing children's books until she was 41 years old.
- The art in Polacco's books consist of signature Pental markers, acrylic, and colored pencils.
- Patricia’s fee is $2,500 per day, plus travel, food, and lodging.
- Patricia only travels by train or car. Patricia does not use the airline.
- Some of her books are seen by some as controversial. One of the most challenged of these books is "In out Mothers' House." http://bannedbooks.world.edu/tag/patricia-polacco/
- Polacco says that her great-great-grandfather shook Abraham Lincoln's hand in
the Battle of Bull Run. She heard this from her great-grandmother, Curtis'
daughter, who would tell her to touch her hand, and then tell her: "You've just
touched the hand that touched the hand that shook the hand of Abraham Lincoln."