A Chair for My Mother
by Vera B. Williams • Related Edition: Spanish-Language
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- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Picture Book
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 1982
Word Count 1,068
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 530L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 9761, 0.5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Health
- Math
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Chairs
- Families
- Chairs--Fiction
- Family life
- Family life--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- Saving and investment--Fiction
- Saving and investment
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
- Lists With This Book
- Family
- Images of Community
- Labor Books
- Wisconsin Social Studies Standards
- Black History Month Books
- Mothers & More: Books about Families
- My Mom and Me
- Economics, K-5
- Portrayals of Older Characters: Ages 3-6
- KidCitizen Engagement
- Social Emotional Learning
- Focus and Self Control
- Sample: Bookworms
- Sample: Journeys, Units 1-2
- Blends and Digraphs - CH
- Sample: Math by the Book
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About the Author 1
Author Interviews 2
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Interview with Vera B. Williams
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 17
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Spanish and English (Bilingual) Activities & Book Guides from California Early Math Project
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Book Readings 1
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Awards & Distinctions 3
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2023
Honor, 1983
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2023
Winner, 1983
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1982
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