A Chair for My Mother
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| Author | Vera Williams |
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| Illustrator | Vera Williams |
| Cover artist | Vera Williams |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's literature |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
Publication date | 1982 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 32 |
| ISBN | 0688040748 |
| [E] 21 | |
A Chair for My Mother is a 1982 Caldecott Honor book by Vera Williams.[1] According to the book's inscription, it was written in memory of the author's mother, Rebecca Poringer Baker. In January 2007, a 25th anniversary edition of the book was released.[2]
A Chair for My Mother is a read-aloud picture story book, written for an audience between ages 4 and 8. Williams uses primary colors in the illustrations that are drawn as if by the young girl in the story.[3]
When Williams was a child, she resented a chair that her mother had bought on an installment plan. Her mother was training to become a nurse, working 12-hour-days, and wanted a chair to relax in. The family had to forgo other purchases to make the payments for the chair. Williams always regretted saying to her mother, "You shouldn't have bought the chair if you couldn't afford it." She drew on that experience to write A Chair for My Mother.[4]
