This box celebrates children's author Patricia Polucco..an American writer of Russian, Georgian and Ukrainian descent. The box makes reference to one of her books- "Rechenka's Eggs".
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Polucca was born in 1944 and didn't start writing until she was 41 years old. Wikipedia (
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"Boat Ride with Lillian Two Blossom (1988) ISBN 0-399-21470-4
The Keeping Quilt (1988) ISBN 0-689-82090-9
Meteor! (1987) ISBN 0-399-21699-5
Uncle Vova's Tree (1989) ISBN 0-399-21617-0
Babushka's Doll (1990) ISBN 0-671-68343-8
Just Plain Fancy (1990) ISBN 0-553-05884-3
Thunder Cake (1990) ISBN 0-399-22231-6
Appelemando's Dreams (1991) ISBN 0-399-21800-9
Dream Keeper (1991) ISBN 0-399-22947-7
Some Birthday! (1991) ISBN 0-671-72750-8
Chicken Sunday (1992) ISBN 0-399-22133-6
Mrs. Katz and Tush (1992) ISBN 0-440-40936-5
Picnic at Mudsock Meadow (1992) ISBN 0-399-21811-4
Babushka Baba Yaga (1993) ISBN 0-399-22531-5
The Bee Tree (1993) ISBN 0-399-21965-X
Firetalking (1994) ISBN 1-878450-55-7
My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother (1994) ISBN 0-671-72751-6
Pink and Say (1994) ISBN 0-399-22671-0
Tikva Means Hope (1994) ISBN 0-385-32059-0
Babushka's Mother Goose (1995) ISBN 0-399-22747-4
My Ol' Man (1995) ISBN 0-399-22822-5
Aunt Chip And The Great Triple Creek Dam Affair (1996) ISBN 0-399-22943-4
I Can Hear The Sun: A Modern Myth (1996) ISBN 0-399-22520-X
Rechenka's Eggs (1996) ISBN 0-698-11385-3
The Trees of the Dancing Goats (1996) ISBN 0-689-80862-3
Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic, Sung in the Year 1888 (1997) ISBN 0-698-11557-0; Author: Ernest Lawrence Thayer, Illustrator: Patricia dadadadas
In Enzo's Splendid Gardens (1997) ISBN 0-399-23107-2
Mrs. Mack (1998) ISBN 0-399-23167-6
Thank You, Mr. Falker (1998) ISBN 0-399-23166-8
Luba And The Wren (1999) ISBN 0-399-23168-4
Welcome Comfort (1999) ISBN 0-399-23169-2
The Butterfly (2000) ISBN 0-399-23170-6
Betty Doll (2001) ISBN 0-399-23638-4
Gracias, Sr. Falker (2001) ISBN 1-930332-03-3, with Teresa Mlawer
Mr. Lincoln's Way (2001) ISBN 0-399-23754-2
Christmas Tapestry (2002) ISBN 0-399-23955-3
When Lightning Comes In A Jar (2002) ISBN 0-399-23164-1
G is for Goat (2003) ISBN 0-399-24018-7
The Graves Family (2003) ISBN 0-399-24034-9
John Philip Duck (2004) ISBN 0-399-24262-7
Oh, Look! (2004) ISBN 0-399-24223-6
An Orange for Frankie (2004) ISBN 0-399-24302-X
Emma Kate (2005) ISBN 0-399-24452-2
The Graves Family Goes Camping (2005) ISBN 0-399-24369-0
Mommies Say Shhh (2005) ISBN 0-399-24341-0
Rotten Richie and the Ultimate Dare (2006) ISBN 0-399-24531-6
Something About Hensley's (200x) ISBN pending"
The box has depictions of Russian images: St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, a babushka with her basket and a blanket watching flying ducks, a scene with a boy holding a goat? on a leash and being served by a woman at a food cart.
The piece is undated and signed Meg.