Bibliographic Information: Williams, V. A Chair For My Mother. In The 20th Century Children’s Book Treasury. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knope Inc.
Brief Annotation: This is a story about a girl who lives with her grandmother and mother. Their home was burnt down due to an apartment fire and they lost everything. Friends and family gave them essentials but there was no comfortable place for them to sit. So the three of them put all their coins into a jar and as time passed they saved enough coins to purchase a big comfy chair. The chair brought much joy to all three of them.
Genre: Picture book
Grade Level: 2-5
Readers who will like this: Children who collect or save coins; Children who have piggy banks; Children who like to relax on the couch; Children who have experienced the benefits hard work.
Response/Rating: 3; this book was written very nicely and had amazing illustrations to go along with them. Each border around the illustrations was unique to the part in the story it was telling, tying in both the words and the picture. The lessons taught in this story are wide with a large variety to focus on. For example the lesson of giving, sharing, saving and assisting one another was taught through this book. The word choice was also impressive for the lower reading grade levels. Great book with excellent life lessons!
One question you would ask before a read aloud: What have you saved your money to buy?
(The Boston Globe- Horn Book Award- an award is given out annually for the most outstanding book in three categories: fiction & poetry, nonfiction, and picture book. This award started in 1967 by the Boston Globe newspaper and The Horn Book Magazine.—This specific book won in 1983 for best picture book)
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