Re: ?Multicultural Mothers Day Books

[Karen DeFrank <defrank@VOICENET.COM>]

This has nothing to do with Mother's Day, but   _A Chair for My Mother_   by
Vera B. Williams is my favorite Mother/Daughter book.  Although it is never
stated, I would guess the family is black or hispanic.  The illustrations
use lots of vivid colors and the story is great.
It is about a girl and her mother.  There is a fire in their home and
everything is destroyed.  Neighbors give them lots of house hold items, but
there is not a soft chair for Mom to rest in after her long day as a
waitress.  Mom brings home an old jar from the diner where whe works and
they begin collecting spare change and tips.  The money grows and grows.
One day they count the money and go chair shopping.
It's a nice story.
I also like the Charlotte Zolotow book called (I think) A Present for
Mother.  But, the little girl in that book is definately white.

Karen DeFrank
Dorothy L. Bullock Elementary School
Glassboro, NJ  08028
defrank@voicenet.com
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> From: Monica Carollo <mcaro@EXECPC.COM>
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: ?Multicultural Mothers Day Books
> Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 08:01:05 -0400
>
>Dear LM_Net Colleagues,
>
>Your fame is growing among the staff at my school!  I just received this
>request for you from a wonderful second grade teacher.
>
>"I just checked my neighborhood library for Mother's Day books. None of
>the books have an African American mom, or any other mother of color.
>Perhaps there are some under another category. Can you check with your
>librian friends for titles of mother's day books that also include women
>of color. "
>
>Do you know of good titles that  feature  a mother of color, with the focus
>on the mother or mother/child relationship? (Or the holiday Mother's Day?).
>
>TIA,
>
>
>
>
>Monica Carollo
>Cumberland School
>4780 N. Marlborough Dr.
>Whitefish Bay  WI  53211
>mcaro@execpc.com
>Tel.  414.963.3905
>Fax  414.963.3945
>
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