A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams; Illustrated by Vera B. Williams
	List Price:   $16.99 Unit Price:   $13.59 You Save:   $3.40 (20%) ISBN-10:   068800914X ISBN-13:   9780688009144 Publisher:   HarperCollins Edition:   illustrated Category:   Picture Books Pub. Date:   October 1982 Pages:   32 Format:   Hardcover Ages:   4 and UP Grades:   ps to 3
Awards
1983  Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards  Winner!  1983  Caldecott Medal  Nominee/Honoree  1980  Mark Twain Award  Nominee/Honoree  1987  Flicker Tale Children's Book Award  Nominee/Honoree  1987  Children's Book Award (Colorado) (USA)  Winner!
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Description/Notes
After their home is destroyed by a fire, Rosa, her mother, and grandmother save their coins to buy a really comfortable chair for all to enjoy. 'A superbly conceived picture book expressing the joyful spirit of a loving family'.--The Horn Book. The jar of coins is full. The day has come to buy the chair--the big, fat, comfortable, wonderful chair they have been saving for. The chair that will replace the one that was burned up--along with everything else--in the terrible fire. A book of love and tenderness filled with the affirmation of life.The jar of coins is full. The day has come to buy the chair - the big, fat, comforable, wonderful chair they have been saving for. The chair that will replace the one that was burned up - along with everything else - in the terrible fire. A book of love and tenderness filled with the affirmation of life.