A Chair for My Mother
A Chair for My Mother is a picture book by Vera B. Williams, first published by Greenwillow Books in New York in 1982 and named a Caldecott Honor book. After a fire, a girl, her waitress mother and grandmother save coins in a jar to buy a comfortable armchair.
- Editions tracked
- 2
- First edition
- Greenwillow Books, 1982
- First published
- Greenwillow Books, New York, 1982
The first edition of A Chair for My Mother by Vera Williams was published in New York by Greenwillow Books in 1982. We track 2 editions.
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- Editions recorded
- 31 on Open Library, 14 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 1 language
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Who published the first edition of A Chair for My Mother?
The first edition of A Chair for My Mother by Vera Williams was published in New York by Greenwillow Books in 1982.
How many editions of A Chair for My Mother are there?
We track 2 editions of A Chair for My Mother, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Where these facts come from
- A Chair for My Mother, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- A Chair for My Mother editions, Open Library (openlibrary.org)
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