A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams; Illustrated by Vera B. Williams
	List Price:   $6.99 Unit Price:   $5.59 You Save:   $1.40 (20%) ISBN-10:   0688040748 ISBN-13:   9780688040741 Publisher:   HarperCollins Series:   Reading Rainbow Bks. Edition:   illustrated Category:   Picture Books Pub. Date:   August 1984 Pages:   32 Format:   Paperback Ages:   3 to 8 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 MOTHERS_FICTION FAMILY LIFE_FICTION CHAIRS_FICTION MONEY_FICTION
Description/Notes
After a fire destroys their home and possessions, Rosa, her mother, and her grandmother save their money to buy a big comfortable chair that they can all enjoy. Suffused with warmth and tenderness, 'A Chair for My Mother' celebrates family love and determination. 'Heartwarming.'--'Publishers Weekly.' 1983 Caldecott Honor Book, 1982 ALA Notable Book. Full color. Daughter, mother and grandmother all share the dream of saving enough coins to buy a new chair to replace the one that burned up during a disastrous housefire.