Vera B. Williams

The money jar that Rosa, Mama, and Grandma filled with their coins will be emptied to buy Rosa whatever she wants for her birthday....

When Bidemmi starts to draw, her imagination takes off. Enter her world and watch her stories grow and grow. You will never forget her....

After a fire destroys their home and possessions, Rosa, her mother, and grandmother save and save until they can afford to buy one big, comfortable chair....

A funny book that makes you cry. A sad book that makes you laugh. A book about two sisters and their family that makes you wish you were part of it - and grateful that you are not....

Listen to four stories about Rosa and her family: "A Chair for My Mother"; "Something Special for Me"; "Music, Music for Everyone"; and "A Chair for Always"....

There are some things that Rosa just knows. She knows that she can't wait to meet her new baby cousin, due to be born at any minute right upstairs....

Rosa organizes her friends into the Oak Street Band in order to earn money her family needs because of her Grandma's illness....

Follow the red canoe from moment to moment as it journeys down river carrying the family on a camping tour. It's the next best thing to paddling it yourself....