Rowley Public Library

A chair for my mother, and other stories : Vera B. Williams audio collection

eng

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Ages 3-8

Grades preschool-3

fiction

A chair for my mother

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and other stories : Vera B. Williams audio collection

Chair for my mother: A child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after all their furniture is lost in a fireSomething special for me: 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 accordionMusic, music for everyone: Rosa plays her accordion with her friends in the Oak Street Band and earns money to help her mother with expenses while her grandmother is sickChair for always: Rosa is excited when her new cousin, Benji, is born, but when Grandma wants to remove a beloved armchair, Rosa puts her foot down and insists that the chair, just like Benji, is a member of the familyCherries and cherry pits: Bidemmi draws pictures and tells stories about cherries

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