A Chair for My Mother: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner (Reading Rainbow Books)
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This classic and heartwarming picture book was written and illustrated by the celebrated Vera B. Williams and was named a Caldecott Honor Book by the American Library Association. "A tender knockout. It's rare to find much vitality, spontaneity, and depth of feeling in such a simple, young book."โ Kirkus Reviews Vera Williams tells of a young girl who, along with her waitress mother, saves coins in a big jar in hopes that they can someday buy a new chair for their apartment, the kind of chair her mother deserves after being on her feet all day in the Blue Tile Diner. Into the jar also goes the money Grandma saves whenever she gets a bargain at the market. There hasn't been a comfortable place to sit in the apartment since a fire in their previous apartment burned everything to "charcoal and ashes." Friends and neighbors brought furniture to their new apartment downstairs, but no one brought anything big or soft or comfortable. Finally the jar is full, the coins are rolled, and in the book's crowning moment, mother, daughter, and Grandma search four different furniture stores, and after carefully trying several chairs, like Goldilocks, they find the chair they've been dreaming of at last. Vera Williams enhances this story about family, community, and the power of working together toward a common goal with her signature folk art-inspired paintings. A Chair for My Mother has sold more than a million copies and is an ideal choice for reading and sharing at home and in the classroom. "A superbly conceived picture book expressing the joyful spirit of a loving family."โ The Horn Book Vera B. Williams's beloved picture book favorites include: "More More More," Said the Baby Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart A Chair for Always A Chair for My Mother Cherries and Cherry Pits Music, Music for Everyone Something Special for Me Stringbean's Trip to the Shining Sea Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe Review: Great purchase - Love this book. Remember it from my childhood. And love the illustrations. Review: What a beautiful story Of loss and recovery for children. - I foolishly sold all of my childrenโs books after they were grown. Then my 20-year-old son fell in love and plans to have a child. I read to my kids every single day and had probably a couple hundred books that we chose from. When I decided to replenish our collection for a possible grandchild this book was among the 15 or so I felt was essential. The book is about a fire and the losses the mother and daughter had. It is also about having a new home and experiencing hardship and saving to buy a new chair. There is a lot in that for children! And there is this joy of how things go away and how things come. And love that exists through it all.
| Best Sellers Rank | #17,285 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #4 in Children's Math Fiction #230 in Children's Chapter Books (Books) #403 in Children's Classics |
| Customer Reviews | 4.9 out of 5 stars 1,226 Reviews |
L**9
Great purchase
Love this book. Remember it from my childhood. And love the illustrations.
A**E
What a beautiful story Of loss and recovery for children.
I foolishly sold all of my childrenโs books after they were grown. Then my 20-year-old son fell in love and plans to have a child. I read to my kids every single day and had probably a couple hundred books that we chose from. When I decided to replenish our collection for a possible grandchild this book was among the 15 or so I felt was essential. The book is about a fire and the losses the mother and daughter had. It is also about having a new home and experiencing hardship and saving to buy a new chair. There is a lot in that for children! And there is this joy of how things go away and how things come. And love that exists through it all.
A**R
A Chair for My Mother
A cute.book. my neice enjoyed the story line. Illustrations are great and colorful. Story line is nice.
L**S
Best Book
These is a fabulous book with the lesson of generosity. A Caldecott winner!!
S**N
Love this book
My mother read this book to me. Iโve always loved this book along with good night moon. I ordered it to keep it in my home. Although Iโve already borrowed it from the library and read it to my kids, I wanted to read it again after many years. The re-reading this book to my teenagers was tougher than I thought, they made fun of the book and laughed at me. Kids with advanced WiFi technology will never know what books were. The kids ended up reading it and I questioned them on each page to see if they were paying attention. Yes, they ended up listening to me read lol. As an adult I still love this book. If Iโm in the mood to read the book Again, I will read it to my kids even when they are adults lol. Excellent story, touching and sweet!
P**Z
Award winning book
Good book, good condition
A**S
Just Like The Reading Rainbow Episode
This is exactly the story I remember from watching Reading Rainbow!
M**H
Touching story
This is a great story and one of the few books that actually got my first grader to talk about his feelings and how the story made him feel - - all unprompted! Practically speaking, I like that there is substance to the story. You aren't done reading in 1 minute like many of the stories for this age group, and you're not just flipping through a picture book, but instead reading multiple sentences on a page. It is one of those in between books that would give slightly experienced readers just enough of a challenge. Well written and colorful pictures.
C**A
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A**H
Poignant
Mommy works in a diner. She comes home after a days hard-work and has no where to relax. The little girl who occasionally helps out at her mothers workplace, has one dream- that of buying a chair for her mother- one that will be a pleasure to sink into at the end of a long day. In the backstory to the current situation, we are told about how they lost everything in a fire and now have to make do with hand me downs from caring neighbours and friends. The little girl and the grandmother start collecting all the change and tips in a large jar and once it is filled, they finally have enough to buy the chair. Though the story on the face of it deals with finding joys in simple pleasures and working hard for it, it also brings in a lot of social issues like poverty, raised by a single parent, homelessness, power of family and community, being responsible, and learning to save money and more. This could be a useful book to start your first conversations on money. It is a moving story on the power of community and how through their trials and tribulations they are always together and there for each other. Not a fan of the illustrations, but they help in moving the story along, so it does its job. Ideal for ages 5+yrs
A**A
We love reading it and cheering the little girl on
One of our favourites - Little one saves money to get toys and this book gives him a lot of hope. His Evil Mom who gives ever so little pocket money to a 4 year old :) doesn't appear too evil after the little girl in this story has to save up to buy a chair and actually work peeling onions! We love reading it and cheering the little girl on!
A**I
Straight to the heart
The kindness of community reminds us of what really matters.
J**L
nice book
good product, happy with purchase
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