https://padlet.com/gms97653/vmwflfiw7y0s Interpretation of a story by Grace Sipler en-us 2018-10-01 23:11:07 UTC 2023-02-20 19:01:24 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Simplehouse.png gms97653 https://padlet.com/gms97653/vmwflfiw7y0s/wish/287895573 2018-10-01 23:16:55 UTC https://padlet.com/gms97653/vmwflfiw7y0s/wish/287895573 gms97653 https://padlet.com/gms97653/vmwflfiw7y0s/wish/287895707 This is a reading of the book, " A Chair for My Mother" ]]> 2018-10-01 23:18:00 UTC https://padlet.com/gms97653/vmwflfiw7y0s/wish/287895707 gms97653 https://padlet.com/gms97653/vmwflfiw7y0s/wish/287896060 "A Chair for My Mother" won a Caldecott Medal in 1983. A Caldecott Medal recognized "the most distinguished American picture book for children." ]]> 2018-10-01 23:20:49 UTC https://padlet.com/gms97653/vmwflfiw7y0s/wish/287896060 gms97653 https://padlet.com/gms97653/vmwflfiw7y0s/wish/287896359 A Chair for My Mother follows a little girl named Rosa after her home is destroyed in a fire. Rosa discusses a jar that her, her mother, and her grandmother are using to save up change. Rosa said that when they fill the jar, they would go an buy a beautiful new arm chair.  She says that all of their old furniture turned to charcoal and ash. After the family filled the jar, they went to the store and tried out many different chairs until they found the chair they had been dreaming of. ]]> 2018-10-01 23:23:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gms97653/vmwflfiw7y0s/wish/287896359 gms97653 https://padlet.com/gms97653/vmwflfiw7y0s/wish/287896405 Vera B. Williams (1927-2015) was an author and illustrator of several award winning books. She is best known for "A Chair for My Mother" and "More, More, More, Said the Baby." Jane, herself, had won several awards including the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature and the Jane Addam's Children's Book Award. ]]> 2018-10-01 23:23:52 UTC https://padlet.com/gms97653/vmwflfiw7y0s/wish/287896405 gms97653 https://padlet.com/gms97653/vmwflfiw7y0s/wish/287898185 2018-10-01 23:39:06 UTC https://padlet.com/gms97653/vmwflfiw7y0s/wish/287898185 gms97653 https://padlet.com/gms97653/vmwflfiw7y0s/wish/287898241 2018-10-01 23:39:28 UTC https://padlet.com/gms97653/vmwflfiw7y0s/wish/287898241