Patricia Polacco

“I don't know if my work is a concerted effort to make kids sad!”

“I don't know if my work is a concerted effort to make kids sad! But life and death go hand in hand. It's our condition as human beings.”

“Maybe one of you can enlighten me, but I just don't understand why it is so hard to be kind to one another?”

“I don't care what color the parents are. I don't care if it's a giraffe and a fish living together. If they're raising children who believe they're honored and loved, that's all that's important.”

“I didn't learn to read until I was almost 14 years old. Reading out loud for me was a nightmare because I would mispronounce words or reconstruct things that weren't even there. That's when one of my teachers discovered I had a learning disability called dyslexia. Once I got help, I read very well!”

“Show me an Irishman who can't tell a story - I don't think they exist.”