The Graves Family

by Patricia Polacco

Book Overview

The Graves Family has just moved to Union City, and they definitely don't fit in. With giant spiders in the living room, a voracious Venus flytrap named Phoebe in the kitchen, and a secret laboratory in the basement, the neighbors are afraid to visit! Except for Seth and Sara Miller, the kids next door, who decide to help them make friends. Maybe if Mr. Graves gives all the bald men in town his amazing hair-growing tonic, which he developed from the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399240349
• ISBN13: 9780399240348
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Philomel Books
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.8" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 5 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 5

Customer Reviews

Patricia Polacco is the best!

Two weeks ago, I was introduced to Patricia Polacco and "The Graves Family" when the PSAJ at my Library in Chagrin Falls, Ohio came out of the Staff Room laughing. I asked her what made her so joy-filled and she showed me this book. Well, I read it and since then have read every other book in our Cuyahoga County Library System that Patricia has written. I have ordered the book for several friend's grandchildren as well as one of my own. Patricia is a wonderful, creative author and illustrator and simply a quality human being. At 67, I am still a kid at heart and right now, it is my pleasure to know about her, read her books and introduce her and her life work to others.

My 5th grade class loved it

I read this book as a read aloud to my class and they couldn't get enough. They loved the illustrations and the story. Patricia Polacco is one of their favorite author and this book shows you why.