For more background about the author and the book, you may wish to refer to the author's description of the book on. Press: 'Student-produced musical 'Thank You, Mr. This story is the semiautobiographical account of a young girl's struggle to learn to read. Workshop at the Morgan-Wixson Theatre in Santa Monica: August 2010.Production at the Morgan-Wixson Theatre in Santa Monica: May 14 - 29, 2011.Production at Charlottesville Catholic School: November 2011 Falker by Patricia Polacco is the perfect book to use for retelling the story.

Falker was their first live theatre experience. A perfect gift for teachers and for reading students of any age. Over 750 children attended school matinees for many of our young audience members, Thank You, Mr. The real-life, classic story of a dyslexic girl and the teacher who would not let her fail. The world premiere was part of the 2011 LA Festival of New American Musicals and supported by grants from the City of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Arts Commission. Show more Show more Try YouTube Kids Learn more Comments are turned off. Trisha falls behind and endures classmates' taunts until a new teacher, Mr. Falker is written and illustrated by Patricia Polacco and read by Jane Kaczmarek. But at school, she struggles with a learning disability, where words and letters on the page are all mixed up in her brain. In this musical adaptation, young Trisha is eager to read, to taste the 'sweetness of knowledge' that her grandfather has always revered. Falker is based on the author's own childhood reading disability and the teacher who helped her triumph. Patricia Polacco's treasured children's book Thank You, Mr. program (Youth Education/Entertainment Series). A family musical written for the Morgan-Wixson Theatre's award-winning Y.E.S.

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