Vera B. Williams (1927–2015)
Auteur van A Chair for My Mother
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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 toon meer 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) toon minder
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- Gangbare naam
- Williams, Vera B.
- Officiële naam
- Williams, Vera Baker
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- WILLIAMS, Vera
- Geboortedatum
- 1927-01-28
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2015-10-16
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Narrowsburg, New York, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- New York, New York, USA
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Opleiding
- Black Mountain College (BFA|1949 | graphic art)
- Beroepen
- illustrator
teacher
graphic artist
cook - Relaties
- Rosenblum, Naomi (sister)
Rosenblum, Nina (niece) - Organisaties
- Gates Hill (co-founder)
Leslie College, Cambridge, Massachusetts (teacher)
War Resisters League - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature (2009)
Regina Medal (2008)
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A Chair for My Mother door Vera B Williams
A girl, her mother, and her grandmother lost their home to fire. The community rallies around them, but the one thing they haven't been able to replace is comfortable chairs. The family saves up all their extra money to buy a big, comfortable armchair.
A girl, her mother, and her grandmother lost their home to fire. The community rallies around them, but the one thing they haven't been able to replace is comfortable chairs. The family saves up all their extra money to buy a big, comfortable armchair.
This is a heartwarming story of a young girl who lives with her mother and grandmother. After a fire destroys their old apartment, neighbors donate items for their new apartment. But there is nowhere soft and comfortable to sit. She wants to get a comfortable place for her mom to sit after working long days at a diner. So they all save up whatever they can in a jar and use that to go shopping for the perfect chair. This is the perfect book for a heartwarming read aloud that delves into the topic of community and caring for others.… (meer)
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