One of my new favorite authors is Patricia Polacco. Her books are beautifully illustrated and are rich with family history and personal relationships. Thunder Cake is a story about the loving way in which Polacco's grandmother helped her to overcome her fear of thunder.
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We have fantastic thunder storms at our home during the summer and during one of the latest Logan insisted we read Thunder Cake. At the end of her book Polacco gives a recipe for her cake, which, according to her story, must be made before a storm is in full force to be considered real Thunder Cake. So we raced to the kitchen and began mixing our ingredients.
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Baking is one of the things my boys and I love to do together. I love it when good literature inspires us to develop our practical life skills. Through the baking of her Thunder Cake, the main character in this story realizes she has more courage than she thought. What a wonderful message for my own brave little boy.
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I've just discovered Patricia Polacco's website (click here), complete with artwork, teaching ideas and activities to correspond with each of her books. I know we will be returning to her site often.
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