PALACE OF BOOKS

PALACE OF BOOKS by Patricia Polacco

I had to really improvise on the picture today! I meant to take this book's picture about the importance of the library in a little girl's life in front of our hometown library when we stopped in to pick up books. Today is the kick off of our library's reading program, so my daughter stocked up with 44 books. I don't know what I was thinking letting her bring that many home, but here we are, and the book got its picture taken with her stack!

Patricia Polacco's Palace of Books is the newest edition to her wonderful collection of picture books of events in her life growing up. Polacco shares the journey of the time right after her grandmother passed away and her grandfather sells the farm. Patricia, her mother, and brother move to Battle Creek, Michigan. There she discovers a building that resembles a palace that is the local library. What follows is the ability of a girl to settle into her community with the help of books and birds! As always Polacco does an amazing job in her storytelling and artwork. She continues to solidify my love of her books!