Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving

by Dave Pilkey

Source: You Tube - Uploaded by sakostuc9219 on Nov 18, 2008

This week we are doing an author study and reading books written by Patricia Polacco.  She is one of my favorite authors.

Patricia Polacco tells warm family tales drawn from her own childhood among an extended immigrant family of grandparents and cousins. In this exclusive video interview with Reading Rockets, Patricia Polacco talks about writing and illustrating and the passing down of family history whose themes resonate with readers of all backgrounds.

Here is a video of Melissa Gilbert reading one of Patricia Polacco's books - 

My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother

Source: www.sagfoundation.org; By Patricia Polacco, Read by Melissa Gilbert.
Tricia can't stand her rotten redheaded older brother Richie, who can do everything better than she can. So when her grandmother tells her a wish made on a shooting star will come true, she knows exactly what to wish for- to be able to do something, anything, better than Richie.