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Title: A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams ISBN: 0-688-04074-8 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 01 August, 1984 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Happiness is a big comfy chair
Comment: Vera B. Williams's best known book. In this story a young girl, her single mom, and her grandmother all occupy the same apartment after their home is destroyed by a fire. To fill their empty space the women scrimp and save for a big comfy armchair.
This is a story of perseverance, but it isn't preachy in any way. The family looks to be South American, but this isn't drummed into the readers' heads. All it's trying to do is tell a story about getting what you want when you've faced a disaster of some kind. Though I've never really been a fan of Williams's art, this book is very well done. Ms. Williams works with a rough watercolor style that leaves little room for fine details. Just the same, when the mother in this book sees her house on fire after buying new pumps, the next picture displays the woman, new shoes in hand, sprinting towards the house. It's the little touches that make any book interesting, and this book falls into that category. Finally, it's a bright cheerful story that is smart enough to acknowledge sadness and hardship. An excellent book for kids.
Rating: 5
Summary: Even the very young will love this book
Comment: I borrowed this book from the library to read aloud to my 2 year old. He loves it and I'm adding it to my wish list.
The story is about a family of mother, grandmother and daughter (maybe 7 or 8 years old). The mother works as a waitress to support her family. The little girl realizes and appreciates how hard her mother works - she often helps out at the diner herself after school. She's learned from her mother the value of saving - when her mother's boss gives her some money for filling the salt shakers, she puts half in the big jar at home.
The little girl speaks of a fire that detroyed their home and all their possessions. Through the help of extended family and friends they are able to start over. However their new apartment lacks a place for her mother to "take a load off [her] feet" The family saves coins in a big jar for a year to be able to buy a new easy chair - from the mother's tips, from the grandmother's market savings, from the little girl's "earnings".
The pictures are beautiful - colorful, almost luscious. Our favorites are of the mother collapsed in a chair while the little girl counts her tips and a picture of the little girl's fantasy chair - huge, covered in velvet with roses on it.
The words are simple enough that beginning readers will be able to master it, especially after having listened to it being read aloud over and over again. My son has asked for it at least a dozen times in the last week!
Rating: 5
Summary: A Chair for My Mother
Comment: This book is about a family that lost all of their furniture in a house fire. The family members decide to save coins to buy a new chair for their home. The mother is a waitress and tries to save all of the money she can to help out the family. The mother and daughter take all of the money they save it in a jar. When the jar is full they go out and buy a beautiful chair for the family to enjoy. This book is appropriate for ages 6 to 10. The illustrations are very meticulous with a painted appearance and show exactly what is going on in the text. Each page has an inventive and vibrant border on it that pertains to what is happening on that particular page. This is a Caldecott Honor Book that teaches a valuable lesson on how hard times can always be worked through and that working hard and giving 110% will always make a difference.
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Title: Something Special for Me by Vera B. Williams ISBN: 0688065260 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 29 September, 1986 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman, Caroline Binch ISBN: 0803710402 Publisher: Scott Foresman (Pearson K-12) Pub. Date: September, 1991 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant, Diane Goode ISBN: 0140548750 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: January, 1993 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Music, Music for Everyone by Vera B. Williams ISBN: 0688078117 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 22 June, 1988 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Cherries and Cherry Pits by Vera B. Williams ISBN: 0688104789 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 29 April, 1991 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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