Vera B. Williams (1927–2015)
Författare till A Chair for My Mother
Om författaren
Vera Baker Williams was born on January 28, 1927 in Hollywood, California. She studied at the High School of Music and Art in Manhattan and Black Mountain College in North Carolina, where she received a BFA in graphic arts. She co-found the Gate Hill Cooperative and the Collaberg School, in Stony visa mer Point, New York. She worked as a teacher and artist before becoming a writer and illustrator of children's books. She won a Caldecott Medal award and the Boston Globe-Horn Book award in the picture book category in 1983 for A Chair for My Mother, a Caldecott Medal award in 1991 for "More More More" Said the Baby: Three Love Stories, the Boston Globe-Horn Book award in fiction in 1994 for Scooter, and the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature in 2009. She was a member of the executive committee of the War Resisters League from 1984 to 1987, and served a month at a federal penitentiary for participating in a women's peaceful blockade of the Pentagon. She died on October 16, 2015 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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Verk av Vera B. Williams
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The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury: Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud (1998) — Författare — 1,528 exemplar
Home: A Collaboration of Thirty Authors & Illustrators (Reading Rainbow Book) (1992) — Illustratör, vissa utgåvor — 162 exemplar
Long Walks and Intimate Talks: Stories, Poems and Paintings (Women & Peace) (1991) — vissa utgåvor — 26 exemplar
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Allmänna fakta
- Vedertaget namn
- Williams, Vera B.
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Williams, Vera Baker
- Andra namn
- WILLIAMS, Vera
- Födelsedag
- 1927-01-28
- Avled
- 2015-10-16
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Dödsort
- Narrowsburg, New York, USA
- Bostadsorter
- New York, New York, USA
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Utbildning
- Black Mountain College (BFA|1949 | graphic art)
- Yrken
- illustrator
teacher
graphic artist
cook - Relationer
- Rosenblum, Naomi (sister)
Rosenblum, Nina (niece) - Organisationer
- Gates Hill (co-founder)
Leslie College, Cambridge, Massachusetts (teacher)
War Resisters League - Priser och utmärkelser
- NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature (2009)
Regina Medal (2008)
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Recensioner
EducatingParents.org rating: Caution - Read With Care
Warning: adoption story of a gay couple.
Warning: adoption story of a gay couple.
A Chair for my Mother is a story about a hard-working family that didn't have much. Mama works at a restaurant and each day she puts her coins in a jar. When the jar is full, they are going to buy a new chair since they lost everything they had in a house fire. The little girls tells the story of their house burning down and how they had to start over. People were so generous in giving them items for their home, but they sure missed their comfy chair. Finally, the jar was full and it was time to go furniture shopping. They found the perfect chair and were able to bring it home.… (mer)
A story of a little girl and her family saving money to buy a new chair after their family lost everything in a fire. Through hard work and time they save enough money to buy a new chair.
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- Verk
- 16
- Även av
- 5
- Medlemmar
- 10,930
- Popularitet
- #2,163
- Betyg
- 4.1
- Recensioner
- 397
- ISBN
- 199
- Språk
- 3
- Favoritmärkt
- 4
- Proberstenar
- 28
Awards: Caldecott Honor Award (1983)