A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams

Title: A Chair for My Mother

Author: Vera B. WIlliams

Illustrator: Vera B. WIlliams

Publisher: Greenwillow Books

Year: 1982

Awards/Accolades: Caldecott Honor

Summary: A girl tells the story of saving money to buy a chair for her mother after all of the family's furniture burned in a fire.

Use in Classroom/Library:

read aloud; talk about helping our neighbor in need

Curriculum Connections:

Social Studies: disasters, community helpers; helping our neighbor in need;

This title is in the Knox County Public Library.