found: Her Meteor! c1987:CIP t.p. (Patricia Polacco)
found: Her Firetalking, c1987:CIP t.p. (Patricia Polacco) data sheet (b. 07-11-44)
found: Patricia Polacco, via WWW, Feb. 12, 2014(author and illustrator of picture books for children; born in Lansing, Michigan in 1944, now lives in Union City, Michigan)
found: Wikipedia, Feb. 12, 2014(Patricia Barber Polacco; M.A., Fine Arts and Ph.D., Art History, Ohio State University; did not begin her career until she was 41; married and had two children; often bases her stories on personal experiences or family stories; is dyslexic and didn't learn to read until the age of 14; spent her early years living with her grandparents on their farm in Union City, Michigan)