--- product_id: 6658737 title: "A Chair for My Mother: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner (Reading Rainbow Books)" price: "€ 15.51" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.hr/products/6658737-a-chair-for-my-mother-a-caldecott-honor-award-winner store_origin: HR region: Croatia --- # A Chair for My Mother: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner (Reading Rainbow Books) **Price:** € 15.51 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** A Chair for My Mother: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner (Reading Rainbow Books) - **How much does it cost?** € 15.51 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/6658737-a-chair-for-my-mother-a-caldecott-honor-award-winner) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description 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."— 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."— 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 children’s 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. ## Features - A book of love and tenderness filled with the affirmation of life. - 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. - 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. - 32 pages. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | 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 | ## Images ![A Chair for My Mother: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner (Reading Rainbow Books) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91NzBXvbhyL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great purchase *by L***9 on November 12, 2025* Love this book. Remember it from my childhood. And love the illustrations. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ What a beautiful story Of loss and recovery for children. *by A***E on September 17, 2021* I foolishly sold all of my children’s 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 Chair for My Mother *by A***R on June 28, 2025* A cute.book. my neice enjoyed the story line. Illustrations are great and colorful. 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