Vera B Williams

A child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after all their furniture is lost in a fire.

Rosa's grandma is sick and must stay upstairs in bed. And so the big chair in the living room is often empty. And the money jar--in which the family saved their change to buy the big red chair and Rosa's accordion--is empty too. All extra money must be used to take care of Grandma. After school Rosa and her friends Leora, Mae, and Jenny often make music for Grandma. She says their playing makes her feel like a girl again, dancing at a party. And that...

Rosa has difficulty choosing a special birthday present to buy with the coins her mother and grandmother have saved, until she hears a man playing beautiful music on an accordion.

Mother, Aunt Rosie, and two children make a three-day camping trip by canoe.

A series of poems tells how two sisters help each other deal with life while their mother is working and their father has been sent to jail.

A series of poems tells how two sisters help each other deal with life while their mother is working and their father has been sent to jail.

Listen to four stories about Rosa and Her Family: A Chair for My Mother, A Caldecott Honor Book, Something Special for Me Music, Music for Everyone, A Chair for Always, plus Cherries and Cherry Pits and An Interview with the Author

Stringbean describes his trip to the west coast in a series of postcards.

A child's silver blue scooter helps her to adjust to her new home.