A Chair for My Mother

　　小女孩和媽媽及外婆三人相依為命，每天她們都會把賺來或省下來的零錢放進一個大玻璃罐，希望買一張又大又舒服的沙發，因為之前的一場無情大火，燒光了她們的所有……一則描繪一個家庭如何災後重建的歷程，提醒我們人性在艱難的考驗下依然可能良善與堅韌。

本書特色

　　作者以簡潔高明的書寫為圖畫書的文字有如淺語的藝術做了優美的示範。全家人堅強自信的面對困難，在經濟和感情上互相支持。厚實溫暖的圖畫，具體表現這個理念。

　　圖畫具寫實的風格，童稚般的筆觸造型沖淡現實的冷酷沉重，強烈的色彩強化了踏實的家常情境。佈景擺設和衣著，忠實的呈顯中低階級的社區環境和文化。威廉斯的作品總在貌不驚人的外表下暗藏巧思深意，讓讀者有奇妙的發現。

得獎紀錄
　　美國凱迪克大獎
 
　　——中文書介摘錄自《媽媽的紅沙發（25周年紀念版）》，三之三出版

This classic and heartwarming picture book was written and illustrated by the celebrated Vera B. Williams and was named a Caldecott Honor Book by the American Library Association.

＂A tender knockout. It’s rare to find much vitality, spontaneity, and depth of feeling in such a simple, young book.＂--Kirkus Reviews

Vera Williams tells of a young girl who, along with her waitress mother, saves coins in a big jar in hopes that they can someday buy a new chair for their apartment, the kind of chair her mother deserves after being on her feet all day in the Blue Tile Diner. Into the jar also goes the money Grandma saves whenever she gets a bargain at the market.

There hasn’t been a comfortable place to sit in the apartment since a fire in their previous apartment burned everything to ＂charcoal and ashes.＂ Friends and neighbors brought furniture to their new apartment downstairs, but no one brought anything big or soft or comfortable. Finally the jar is full, the coins are rolled, and in the book’s crowning moment, mother, daughter, and Grandma search four different furniture stores, and after carefully trying several chairs, like Goldilocks, they find the chair they’ve been dreaming of at last.

Vera Williams enhances this story about family, community, and the power of working together toward a common goal with her signature folk art-inspired paintings.

A Chair for My Mother has sold more than a million copies and is an ideal choice for reading and sharing at home and in the classroom. ＂A superbly conceived picture book expressing the joyful spirit of a loving family.＂--The Horn Book

Vera B. Williams’s beloved picture book favorites include:

• ＂More More More,＂ Said the BabyAmber Was Brave, Essie Was SmartA Chair for AlwaysA Chair for My MotherCherries and Cherry PitsMusic, Music for EveryoneSomething Special for MeStringbean’s Trip to the Shining SeaThree Days on a River in a Red Canoe