Author/Illustrator: Vera B. Williams
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Grade level: PK-3
Award: Caldecott Honor
A Chair for My Mother is a heartwarming picture book about a sweet family who saves up a jar full of coins so that they could buy a new chair. They are buying a chair because all of their furniture burned up when their house caught on fire. The family finally got their chair and they are able to relax in it and enjoy their home.
The illustrations and writing are done by the very talented Vera B. Williams who was awarded the Caldecott Honor for this book's illustrations. The illustrations are extremely colorful and vibrant and compliment this lovely story very well.
This is a great picture book to have in a pre-school to third grade classroom because it has a great message of the values of family, hard work, saving, and struggling. This book is great to use to motivate discussion of important wants and needs in students' lives.
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