Elem: Patricia Polacco's illustration style change?

[Joanne Ladewig <shatz1@earthlink.net>]

Netters,

I have checked several Patricia Polacco websites (her official one and
others posted by publishers) but have not found an answer to this question:

Why did she change her style of using plain pencil-type illustrations for
people's faces and hands in her early books to the "standard" style of
using color for the flesh areas? I checked the LM_NET archives but the
number of listings was overwhelming, and the subject lines didn't seem to
address this query. I noticed this change in her personal artistic style in
the early 1990's.

We've been enjoying "Rechenka's Eggs" as a read-aloud this week in the
library, which features her original style. Our upper graders have enjoyed
her recent book "Thank You Mr. Falker" as it is one of the California Young
Reader Medal nominees this year in the Intermediate Picture Book category.

Joanne Ladewig, Library Aide
Lawrence Elementary, G.G.U.S.D.
Garden Grove, California
shatz1@earthlink.net

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