Author: Patricia Polacco
Title: Thank You, Mr. Faulk,
Illustrator: Patricia Polacco
Readability: 4.8
Genre: Picture Book
Sub genre : Realistic Fiction
Characters: Trisha, Grandpa, Grandma, Mom, Eric, Mr. Faulk, Miss Plessey
Theme: Do not be afraid of asking questions
Award(s) and date of publication:1998
Publisher: Philomel Books
ISBN: 0-399-23166-8
Summary:
Trisha's family loved to read and they would all make a promise that they would read to their grandfather. When Trisha finally enters Kindergarten she was looking forward to reading but could not do it as well as the rest of her classmates. Her classmates began to read harder books but Trisha stayed on the first grade read book but she just draw even though she felt dumb. Trisha grandmother gave her some encouragement and not soon after went to be with the stars,her and her grandfather.
School became even harder for Trisha, it was hard for her to read and to do math. One day her mom told her that she got a teaching job in California. She thought at the new school people would not know that she was dumb although the teacher still helped her read. One day a boy called Hey dummy to her. Own the playground she cried. But when she went to the fifth grade she got a new teacher Mr. Faulk and a bigger issue Eric. Eric was mean to Trisha for no reason.
Mr. Faulk one day kept Trisha after school and found out that she had a problem but not a horrible problem but one that made her special. Mr. Faulk and Miss Plessy helped Trisha how to read everyday after class. She went home that day and read the book that her grandfather put the honey on and was proud of herself.
Use in the classroom:
This book can be used to break the ice with students when they are learning a new subject. Showing students that everyone does not learn at the same pace but it is not right to pick on people that do not learn as fast as them. Students could imagine that they are Trisha themselves and write Thank You laters to Mr. Faulk.
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