Background
Vera Baker was born January 28, 1927 in Hollywood, California. As a child, her family moved to the Bronx, New York, where her father was frequently absent during her early childhood.
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A Chair for My Mother: Zhuyin: Traditional Characters (Chinese Edition)
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Musica Para Todo El Mundo!/Music, Music for Everyone (Mulberry En Espanol) (Spanish Edition) by Vera B. Williams (1995-09-01)
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Cherries And Cherry Pits (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) by Vera B. Williams (1991-04-01)
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{ A CHAIR FOR MY MOTHER AND OTHER STORIES CD: A CHAIR FOR MY MOTHER AND OTHER STORIES CD } by Williams, Vera B (AUTHOR) May-01-2009 Compact Disc
(A Chair for My Mother and Other Stories CD: A Vera B. Wil...)
A Chair for My Mother and Other Stories CD: A Vera B. Williams Audio Collection A Chair for My Mother and Other Stories CD: A Vera B. Williams Audio Collection by Williams, Vera B ( Author ) Compact Disc May- 2009 Compact Disc May- 01- 2009
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Something Special for Me (Spanish edition): Algo especial para mi
( El botellón que Rosa, Mama y Abuela llenaron de monedas...)
El botellón que Rosa, Mama y Abuela llenaron de monedas, lo van a vaciar para comprarle a Rosa un regalo de compleaños. Pero...¿qué regalo puede elegir Rosa que sea verdaderamente especial ? Rosa desea un regalo que las tres puedan disfrutar.
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(Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart ) Author: Vera B. Williams Jun-2004
(Essie is smart. She can read hard library books and make ...)
Essie is smart. She can read hard library books and make cocoa. Amber is brave. She isn't afraid of the rat in the wall or of climbing up in high places. Amber and Essie are sisters and best friends. Together, they can do anything. Ages 7+
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UN Sillon Para Mi Mama/a Chair for My Mother
(Despues que un incendio destruye su casa y todo lo que po...)
Despues que un incendio destruye su casa y todo lo que poseen, Rosa, su Madre y su abuela ahorran hasta que logran comprarseun sillOn para que las tres puedan disfrutarlo.
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Chair for My Mother: Novel-Ties Study Guide
(Use Novel-Ties ® study guides as your total guided readin...)
Use Novel-Ties ® study guides as your total guided reading program. Reproducible pages in chapter-by-chapter format provide you with the right questions to ask, the important issues to discuss, and the organizational aids that help students get the most out of each book they read.
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Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart
( Essie is smart. She can read hard library books and mak...)
Essie is smart. She can read hard library books and make cocoa. Amber is brave. She isn't afraid of the rat in the wall or of climbing up in high places. Amber and Essie are sisters and best friends. Together, they can do anything. Ages 7+
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A Chair for Always by Vera B. Williams (2009-05-12)
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Un sillón para mi mamá (A Chair for My Mother)
(Después de un incendio destruye la casa de Rosa, ella y s...)
Después de un incendio destruye la casa de Rosa, ella y su madre y su abuela guardan todo su cambio en un gran frasco grande. Cuando el frasco está lleno, van a comprar un espacioso, silla perfecta, cómoda para que todos disfruten. Clásico, Caldecott Honor libro de Vera B. Williams todavía brilla con ternura y amor.
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By Williams, Vera B ( Author ) { A Chair for My Mother } Oct-1982 Hardcover
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A Chair for my Mother: lb Lub Rooj Rua Kuv Nam/lb Lub Rooj Rau Kuv Niam (Hmong Edition)
(This bilingual edition is part of the Hmong Translation I...)
This bilingual edition is part of the Hmong Translation Initiative coordinated by Motheread.Fatheread – MN, a curriculum-based family literacy program of the Minnesota Humanities Commission (MHC). The purpose of this project is to help Hmong families develop literacy skills in their first language as well as in English. Because of the Moob Ntsuab (Green Mong) and Hmoob Dawb (White Hmong) dialects are different, the translation committee has translated the English text into both. The Hmong text is featured next to the English, and the book’s original artwork is maintained.
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(A Chair for Always ) Author: Vera B Williams Jul-2009
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Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.
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Lucky Song
(Lucky listener! Lucky reader! Listen to this lucky song a...)
Lucky listener! Lucky reader! Listen to this lucky song about Evie and her blue-sky, kite-flying day. But Evie's day wouldn't be nearly as special without a little help from her grandpa and grandma, and her mother and father and sister. The beloved picture-book world of Vera B. Williams comes vividly to life again with Evie in the warm embrace of her family. Young readers will want to hear her lucky song again and again and again.Lucky listener! Lucky reader! Listen to this lucky song about Evie and her blue-sky, kite-flying day. But Evies day wouldnt be nearly as special without a little help from her grandpa and grandma, and her mother and father and sister. The beloved picture-book world of Vera B. Williams comes vividly to life again with Evie in the warm embrace of her family. Young readers will want to hear her lucky song again and again and again.
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Un Sillon Para Mi Mama/A Chair For My Mother (Live Oak Readalong) (Spanish Edition)
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Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe (Reading Rainbow Books) by Vera B. Williams (1984-08-01)
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Bedtime Storybook Collection (8): Snow - Something for Nothing - Good Night Gorilla - The Gingerbread Man - Goodnight Moon - A Chair for My Mother - The Magic Fish - Where the Wild things are (Book sets for kids : Kindergarten - 2nd Grade)
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This offer includes 8 Books
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A Chair for My Mother 25th Anniversary Edition (Reading Rainbow Books)
( This classic and award-winning picture book was written...)
This classic and award-winning 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 After their home is destroyed by a fire, Rosa, her mother, and grandmother save their coins to buy a really comfortable chair for all to enjoy. 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 Supports the Common Core State Standards
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Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe (Reading Rainbow Books)
( Follow the red canoe from page to page as it journeys d...)
Follow the red canoe from page to page as it journeys down river carrying the family on a camping tour. It's the next best thing to paddling it yourself.
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A Chair for My Mother
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Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart AMBER WAS BRAVE, ESSIE WAS SMART By Williams, Vera B. ( Author )Aug-21-2001 Hardcover
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{ A CHAIR FOR ALWAYS/UN SILLON PARA SIEMPRE (SPANISH, ENGLISH) - GREENLIGHT } by Williams, Vera B (AUTHOR) May-12-2009 Hardcover
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UN Sillon Para Mi Mama/Chair for My Mother (Spanish Edition)
(FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. After their house ...)
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. After their house is burned, the love, hope, and dreams of a grandmother, mother, and daughter triumph over the tragedy
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Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart by Vera B. Williams (2004-03-02)
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Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart with CD With Paperback Book (Live Oak Readalongs)
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Cherries and Cherry Pits
( No one can tell a story quite like Bidemmi. When she st...)
No one can tell a story quite like Bidemmi. When she starts to draw, her imagination takes off. Enter her world, look at her pictures, and watch her stories grow and grow—just like the forest of cherry trees she imagines right on her own block.
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A Chair for Always
( There are some things that Rosa just knows. She knows t...)
There are some things that Rosa just knows. She knows that she can't wait to meet her new baby cousin, due to be born at any minute right upstairs. She knows that she will grow up and move away and maybe go to college, and perhaps even become the president of the United States. And she knows that the chair—that wonderful, beautiful, beloved chair, the chair for her mother—will always be there. Always. Just the way it is. Covered in velvet with roses all over it, ready for who-knows-what new adventure . . .
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(Something Special for Me ) Author: Vera B Williams Sep-1986
(The money jar that Rosa, Mama, and Grandma filled with th...)
The money jar that Rosa, Mama, and Grandma filled with their coins will be emptied to buy Rosa whatever she wants for her birthday. But what can Rosa choose that special enough-unless it's a gift they can all enjoy!
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(Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe ) Author: Vera B Williams Aug-1984
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Musica Para Todo El Mundo!/Music, Music for Everyone (Mulberry En Espanol) (Spanish Edition) by Vera B. Williams (1995-09-01)
(Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)
Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.
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Music, Music for Everyone
("Rosa organizes her friends into the Oak Street Band in o...)
"Rosa organizes her friends into the Oak Street Band in order to earn money her family needs because of her Grandma's illness....Community, family and personal triumphs converge, making unforgettable music for everyone."--School Library Journal.
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UN Sillon Para Mi Mama/a Chair for My Mother (Spanish Edition)
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Something Special for Me by Vera B. Williams (1986-09-29)
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Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include CDs or access codes. 100% money back guarantee.
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Vera B. Williams: A Chair for My Mother (Paperback); 1984 Edition
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A Chair for Always: Un sillon para siempre
( Un libro que acompaña el Libro de Honor Caldecott Un s...)
Un libro que acompaña el Libro de Honor Caldecott Un sillón para mi mamá Hay ciertas cosas que Rosa sabe. Sabe que se muere de ganas de conocer a su primito, que está por nacer en cualquier instante en el piso de arriba. Sabe que crecerá y se mudará a otro lugar y quizá asista a la universidad y hasta llegue a ser la presidenta de los Estados Unidos. Y sabe que ese sillón—ese maravilloso, hermoso y querido sillón—el sillón de su mamá, siempre estará allí. Siempre. Así es. Forrado de terciopelo y salpicado de rosas, listo para quién sabe qué aventura nueva . . .
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A Chair for My Mother and Other Stories CD: A Vera B. Williams Audio Collection
( Listen to four stories about Rosa and Her Family A Cha...)
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
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Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart with CD With Paperback Book (Live Oak Readalongs) by Vera B. Williams (2003-06-30)
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A Chair for Always (Spanish edition): Un sillon para siempre
( Un libro que acompaña el Libro de Honor Caldecott Un s...)
Un libro que acompaña el Libro de Honor Caldecott Un sillón para mi mamá Hay ciertas cosas que Rosa sabe. Sabe que se muere de ganas de conocer a su primito, que está por nacer en cualquier instante en el piso de arriba. Sabe que crecerá y se mudará a otro lugar y quizá asista a la universidad y hasta llegue a ser la presidenta de los Estados Unidos. Y sabe que ese sillón—ese maravilloso, hermoso y querido sillón—el sillón de su mamá, siempre estará allí. Siempre. Así es. Forrado de terciopelo y salpicado de rosas, listo para quién sabe qué aventura nueva . . .
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(Cherries and Cherry Pits ) Author: Vera B Williams Apr-1991
(When Bidemmi starts to draw, her imagination takes off. E...)
When Bidemmi starts to draw, her imagination takes off. Enter her world, look at her pictures, and watch her stories grow and grow. You will never forget her.
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(Music, Music for Everyone ) Author: Vera B Williams Jun-2010
(Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)
Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.
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Cherries and Cherry Pits - Paperback - First Scholastic Edition 1987
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Paperback
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A Chair for My Mother and Other Stories CD: A Chair for My Mother and Other Stories CD (CD-Audio) - Common
(Listen to four stories about Rosa and Her FamilyA Chair f...)
Listen to four stories about Rosa and Her FamilyA Chair for My MotherA Caldecott Honor BookSomething Special for MeMusic, Music for EveryoneA Chair for Alwaysplus Cherries and Cherry Pitsand An Interview with the AUthor
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Something Special for Me
( The money jar that Rosa, Mama, and Grandma filled with ...)
The money jar that Rosa, Mama, and Grandma filled with their coins will be emptied to buy Rosa whatever she wants for her birthday. But what can Rosa choose that special enough-unless it's a gift they can all enjoy!
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Vera Williams
Edit Profileillustrator university professor writer
Education
Encouraged by their parents to explore the arts, she studied at The High School of Music & Art and Black Mountain College in North Carolina, where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Art in 1949.
Career
Early life and education She has one sister, Naomi. She taught at alternative schools in New York and Ontario throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. Following her divorce, she emigrated to Canada, where she committed to becoming a children"s author and illustrator.
In 1975 she was invited by Remy Charlip to illustrate Hooray Foreign Maine, which she did while living on a houseboat in Vancouver.
She established a publishing relationship with Greenwillow Books that continues to this day. Most recently, Mississippi Williams resided in New York City and remained active in local issues such as The House of Elder Artists and participated in the 2007 Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association World Voices literary festival.
She died on October 16, 2015.
Achievements
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1983: Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, Picture Book category, A Chair for My Mother 1983: Caldecott Medal Honor Book, A Chair for My Mother 1985: Jane Addams Children"s Book Award Honor Book, Music, Music for Everyone 1991: Caldecott Honor, "More More More" Said the Baby 1994: Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, Fiction category, Scooter 1995: Library of Congress exhibition, "Family, Friends, and Community: The Art of Vera B. Williams" 1998: Charlotte Zolotow Award, Lucky Song 2002: Jane Addams Honor, Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart 2008: Regina Medal of the Catholic Library Association. Body of work 2009: Nippon Seikō Kabushiki-kaisha Neustadt Prize for Children"s Literature.
Works
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A Chair for My Mother and Other Stories CD: A Vera B. Williams Audio Collection
( Listen to four stories about Rosa and Her Family A Cha...)
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A Chair for My Mother and Other Stories CD: A Chair for My Mother and Other Stories CD (CD-Audio) - Common
(Listen to four stories about Rosa and Her FamilyA Chair f...)
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UN Sillon Para Mi Mama/a Chair for My Mother
(Despues que un incendio destruye su casa y todo lo que po...)
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(Something Special for Me ) Author: Vera B Williams Sep-1986
(The money jar that Rosa, Mama, and Grandma filled with th...)
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Something Special for Me
( The money jar that Rosa, Mama, and Grandma filled with ...)
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Music, Music for Everyone
("Rosa organizes her friends into the Oak Street Band in o...)
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Un sillón para mi mamá (A Chair for My Mother)
(Después de un incendio destruye la casa de Rosa, ella y s...)
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Something Special for Me (Spanish edition): Algo especial para mi
( El botellón que Rosa, Mama y Abuela llenaron de monedas...)
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A Chair for Always: Un sillon para siempre
( Un libro que acompaña el Libro de Honor Caldecott Un s...)
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A Chair for Always (Spanish edition): Un sillon para siempre
( Un libro que acompaña el Libro de Honor Caldecott Un s...)
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Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe (Reading Rainbow Books)
( Follow the red canoe from page to page as it journeys d...)
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Lucky Song
(Lucky listener! Lucky reader! Listen to this lucky song a...)
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A Chair for My Mother 25th Anniversary Edition (Reading Rainbow Books)
( This classic and award-winning picture book was written...)
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A Chair for my Mother: lb Lub Rooj Rua Kuv Nam/lb Lub Rooj Rau Kuv Niam (Hmong Edition)
(This bilingual edition is part of the Hmong Translation I...)
- Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart AMBER WAS BRAVE, ESSIE WAS SMART By Williams, Vera B. ( Author )Aug-21-2001 Hardcover
- By Williams, Vera B ( Author ) { A Chair for My Mother } Oct-1982 Hardcover
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Chair for My Mother: Novel-Ties Study Guide
(Use Novel-Ties ® study guides as your total guided readin...)
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(Cherries and Cherry Pits ) Author: Vera B Williams Apr-1991
(When Bidemmi starts to draw, her imagination takes off. E...)
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{ A CHAIR FOR MY MOTHER AND OTHER STORIES CD: A CHAIR FOR MY MOTHER AND OTHER STORIES CD } by Williams, Vera B (AUTHOR) May-01-2009 Compact Disc
(A Chair for My Mother and Other Stories CD: A Vera B. Wil...)
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Cherries and Cherry Pits
( No one can tell a story quite like Bidemmi. When she st...)
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A Chair for Always
( There are some things that Rosa just knows. She knows t...)
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UN Sillon Para Mi Mama/Chair for My Mother (Spanish Edition)
(FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. After their house ...)
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Bedtime Storybook Collection (8): Snow - Something for Nothing - Good Night Gorilla - The Gingerbread Man - Goodnight Moon - A Chair for My Mother - The Magic Fish - Where the Wild things are (Book sets for kids : Kindergarten - 2nd Grade)
(This offer includes 8 Books)
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(A Chair for Always ) Author: Vera B Williams Jul-2009
(Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)
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Musica Para Todo El Mundo!/Music, Music for Everyone (Mulberry En Espanol) (Spanish Edition) by Vera B. Williams (1995-09-01)
(Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)
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Something Special for Me by Vera B. Williams (1986-09-29)
(Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include compa...)
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(Music, Music for Everyone ) Author: Vera B Williams Jun-2010
(Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)
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(Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart ) Author: Vera B. Williams Jun-2004
(Essie is smart. She can read hard library books and make ...)
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Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart
( Essie is smart. She can read hard library books and mak...)
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Cherries and Cherry Pits - Paperback - First Scholastic Edition 1987
(Paperback)
- Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart, The story of Amber and Essie told here in poems and pictures
- A Chair for My Mother: Zhuyin: Traditional Characters (Chinese Edition)
- Musica Para Todo El Mundo!/Music, Music for Everyone (Mulberry En Espanol) (Spanish Edition) by Vera B. Williams (1995-09-01)
- Cherries And Cherry Pits (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) by Vera B. Williams (1991-04-01)
- A Chair for Always by Vera B. Williams (2009-05-12)
- Un Sillon Para Mi Mama/A Chair For My Mother (Live Oak Readalong) (Spanish Edition)
- Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe (Reading Rainbow Books) by Vera B. Williams (1984-08-01)
- A Chair for My Mother
- { A CHAIR FOR ALWAYS/UN SILLON PARA SIEMPRE (SPANISH, ENGLISH) - GREENLIGHT } by Williams, Vera B (AUTHOR) May-12-2009 Hardcover
- Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart by Vera B. Williams (2004-03-02)
- Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart with CD With Paperback Book (Live Oak Readalongs)
- (Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe ) Author: Vera B Williams Aug-1984
- UN Sillon Para Mi Mama/a Chair for My Mother (Spanish Edition)
- Vera B. Williams: A Chair for My Mother (Paperback); 1984 Edition
- Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart with CD With Paperback Book (Live Oak Readalongs) by Vera B. Williams (2003-06-30)
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A Chair for My Mother and Other Stories CD: A Vera B. Williams Audio Collection
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Williams has long supported nonviolent and nuclear disarmament causes. In 1981 she spent a month in Alderson Federal Prison Camp following arrest at a women"s peaceful blockade of the Pentagon. She served on the executive committee of the War Resisters League from 1984 to 1987.
Membership
War Resisters League.
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Nationality
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Religion
Catholic
Education
Awards
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NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature; Caldecott Medal Honor Book; Jane Addams Children's Book Award; Hans Christian Andersen Award 1983: Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, Picture Book category, A Chair for My Mother 1983: Caldecott Medal Honor Book, A Chair for My Mother 1985: Jane Addams Children's Book Award Honor Book, Music, Music for Everyone 1991: Caldecott Honor, "More More More" Said the Baby 1994: Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, Fiction category, Scooter 1995: Library of Congress exhibition, "Family, Friends, and Community: The Art of Vera B. Williams" 1998: Charlotte Zolotow Award, Lucky Song 2002: Jane Addams Honor, Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart 2008: Regina Medal of the Catholic Library Association; body of work 2009: NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature s The Hans Christian Andersen are a pair of biennial literary awards by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), recognising one living author and one living illustrator for their 'lasting contribution to children's literature'.; Jane Addams Children's Book Award is given annually to a children's book published the preceding year that advances the causes of peace and social equality.NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature; Caldecott Medal Honor Book; Jane Addams Children's Book Award; Hans Christian Andersen Award 1983: Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, Picture Book category, A Chair for My Mother 1983: Caldecott Medal Honor Book, A Chair for My Mother 1985: Jane Addams Children's Book Award Honor Book, Music, Music for Everyone 1991: Caldecott Honor, "More More More" Said the Baby 1994: Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, Fiction category, Scooter 1995: Library of Congress exhibition, "Family, Friends, and Community: The Art of Vera B. Williams" 1998: Charlotte Zolotow Award, Lucky Song 2002: Jane Addams Honor, Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart 2008: Regina Medal of the Catholic Library Association; body of work 2009: NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature s The Hans Christian Andersen are a pair of biennial literary awards by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), recognising one living author and one living illustrator for their 'lasting contribution to children's literature'.; Jane Addams Children's Book Award is given annually to a children's book published the preceding year that advances the causes of peace and social equality.