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A Chair For My Mother (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Reading Rainbow Books (Pb))

Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 6,842 Ratings and 361 Reviews

Book Description
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after all their furniture is lost in a fire.
Book Information
PublisherTurtleback Books
BindingSchool & Library Binding (18 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages32
ISBN-100808533851
ISBN-13978-0808533856
Publication Date08/01/1984
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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