A Chair for My Mother: A Heartfelt Family Story About Saving and Sharing for Children (Ages 4–8) (Reading Rainbow Books)

These is a fabulous book with the lesson of generosity. A Caldecott winner!!

I foolishly sold all of my children’s books after they were grown. Then my 20-year-old son fell in love and plans to have a child. I read to my kids every single day and had probably a couple hundred books that we chose from. When I decided to replenish our collection for a possible grandchild this book was among the 15 or so I felt was essential.The book is about a fire and the losses the mother and daughter had. It is also about having a new home and experiencing hardship and saving to buy a new chair. There is a lot in that for children! And there is this joy of how things go away and how things come. And love that exists through it all.

My mother read this book to me. I’ve always loved this book along with good night moon. I ordered it to keep it in my home. Although I’ve already borrowed it from the library and read it to my kids, I wanted to read it again after many years. The re-reading this book to my teenagers was tougher than I thought, they made fun of the book and laughed at me. Kids with advanced WiFi technology will never know what books were. The kids ended up reading it and I questioned them on each page to see if they were paying attention. Yes, they ended up listening to me read lol. As an adult I still love this book. If I’m in the mood to read the book Again, I will read it to my kids even when they are adults lol. Excellent story, touching and sweet!

The book was Excellent for students. Students were engaged and enjoyed it.

This story is good. I liked the last page because grandma and mama got a chair and they liked it.

Purchased this for my goddaughter to have a good story of perseverance and trials and I think replenishing what they lost in a fire

This is a great story and one of the few books that actually got my first grader to talk about his feelings and how the story made him feel - - all unprompted! Practically speaking, I like that there is substance to the story. You aren't done reading in 1 minute like many of the stories for this age group, and you're not just flipping through a picture book, but instead reading multiple sentences on a page. It is one of those in between books that would give slightly experienced readers just enough of a challenge. Well written and colorful pictures.

I love the idea of hard work and perseverance that this book teaches. This is a beautiful story about a family who saves up for a chair to honor a mother who works hard everyday.I read it children around Mother's day. This year, I used it with a graphing worksheet to teach about saving.