Picture Book 10 / Thank you, Mr. Falker

Title	Thank you, Mr. Falker
Author	Patricia Polacco
Illustrator	Patricia Polacco
Publication Year	1998
Awards	n/a
Publisher	Philomel Books
ISBN	0-399-23166-8
Readability Score (GLE = Grade Level Equivalent)	Lexile	650L
	DRA	20-24
	GLE	4.8
	Guided Reading	M
Genre /      Sub-Genre	Picture Book / Autobiography and Realistic Fiction
Theme	A little girl trying to learn how to read
Primary Character	Trisha
Secondary Characters	Mr. Falker, Grandma and Grandpa, Miss Plessy
Classroom Use	I loved this book! I would use it to let kids know that reading can be hard and no everyone reads on the same level. I would use it to also teach about disabilities and challenges that some kids may face.
Book Summary	A little girl is going to learn how to read. When she was in the first grade, she could not read. She felt dumb. Her grandparents passed away and school seemed harder. Numbers were hard for her to read as well as words. Her mother gets a teaching job in California and the little girl was happy that she was moving because she thought the new kids would not think she was dumb. When they got there the kids made fun of her. She went into the fifth grade and had a new teacher. The teacher stopped everyone from making fun of her. He found out that she did not see letters and numbers like other kids did. Him along with another teacher taught Trisha how to read.