Vera B. Williams

A child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after all their furniture is lost in a fire.

Rosa is excited when her new cousin, Benji, is born, but when Grandma wants to remove a beloved armchair, Rosa puts her foot down and insists that the chair, just like Benji, is a member of the family. Hay ciertas cosas que Rosa sabe. Sabe que se muere de ganas de conocer a su primito, que esta por nacer en cualquier instante en el piso de arriba. Sabe que crecera y se mudara a otro lugar y quize asista a la universidad y hasta llegue a ser la presidenta...

Bidemmi draws pictures and tells stories about cherries.

A series of poems tells how two sisters help each other deal with life while their mother is working and their father has been sent to jail.

The song a little girl hears describes her kite-flying adventure.

Stringbean describes his trip to the west coast in a series of postcards.

"After Lester is adopted from his foster home by Daddy Albert and Daddy Rich, he can't fall asleep in his new bed. What will it take to make Lester feel home at last?" --