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A Chair for My Mother

Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 12,777 Ratings and 503 Reviews

Book Description


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.
Book Information
PublisherGreenwillow Books
BindingHardcover (18 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages32
ISBN-10068800914X
ISBN-13978-0688009144
Publication Date10/01/1982
The Creators
About Vera B. Williams (Author, Illustrator) : Vera B. Williams is a published author and an illustrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Vera B. Williams include "More More More," Said the Baby (Spanish edition): "Mas mas mas... more
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5/4/2012 Helen Freshcoln

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12/13/2011 Alyssa Rixe

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11/17/2009 jacklyn curb said:
This story follows a grandmother, mother, and her daughter as they work to earn enough money to buy a comfy chair after they lost everything in a fire. The story is told through the perspective of the little girl. The book has an innocent and honest tone. The plot develops the characters’ struggle... more

tags: tugs at your heart, I recommend, Inspired me, I read

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3/31/2008 Carmela Martino tagged as: I read

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