10 best picture books for children

7. 'A Chair for my Mother,' written and illustrated by Vera B. Williams

Vividly illustrated, Williams' book describes the loving toil of three generations of women saving up to buy a new arm chair. After their furniture is destroyed in a fire, Rosa, her mother, and Rosa's grandmother yearn for a comfy, cozy chair. Their money jar fills, the chair is purchased, and the book ends on a tender moment of familial warmth as mother and daughter enjoy their new living room fixture. 

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