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Books with author Vera Williams

  • Stringbean's Trip to the Shining Sea

    Vera B. & Jennifer Williams, Vera B Williams

    Paperback (Greenwillow Books, May 25, 1999)
    Dear Reader,Here are the postcards and snapshots that Stringbean Coe and his brother Fred sent home from the long trip they made one summer in Fred's truck. Their grandfather made this album for the family--and for you. Enjoy yourselves!Love,Vera and JenniferStringbean Coe, his big brother, Fred, and their dog, Potato, are driving from Kansas to California in a pickup truck with a little house built on the back. Reading the postcards they send home every day is the next best thing to having a cross-country adventure all your own. "A good-hearted celebration of life and experience, and a gift to the public."--School Library Journal
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  • Something Special for Me

    Vera B Williams

    Paperback (Greenwillow Books, Sept. 29, 1986)
    The money jar that Rosa, Mama, and Grandma filled with their coins will be emptied to buy Rosa whatever she wants for her birthday. But what can Rosa choose that special enough-unless it's a gift they can all enjoy!
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  • Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart

    Vera B Williams

    Paperback (Greenwillow Books, March 2, 2004)
    Essie is smart. She can read hard library books and make cocoa. Amber is brave. She isn't afraid of the rat in the wall or of climbing up in high places. Amber and Essie are sisters and best friends. Together, they can do anything. Ages 7+
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  • A Chair for Always

    Vera B Williams

    Hardcover (Greenwillow Books, May 12, 2009)
    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. She knows that she will grow up and move away and maybe go to college, and perhaps even become the president of the United States. And she knows that the chair—that wonderful, beautiful, beloved chair, the chair for her mother—will always be there.Always. Just the way it is. Covered in velvet with roses all over it, ready for who-knows-what new adventure . . .
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  • It's a Gingerbread House!

    Vera B Williams

    Paperback (Greenwillow Books, Oct. 21, 1996)
    Let Grandpa Ben teach you all you need to know about making, baking, and building a gingerbread house. His clear instructions unlock the secrets of a delicious holiday tradition. An "attractive book....The directions are thorough and careful."--Booklist.
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  • Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart

    Vera B. Williams

    Hardcover (Greenwillow Books, Aug. 21, 2001)
    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. In short, this book is one surprise after another. The only thing that is not a surprise is that Vera B. Williams has created a wholly unforgettable, absolutely wonderful portrait of Amber, Essie, and their world. Open the book. You will never be the same again.
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  • Cherries And Cherry Pits

    Vera B. Williams

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, April 29, 1991)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Bidemmi, a little girl who loves to draw, makes up all kinds of imaginative stories about the fascinating people she creates in her artwork.
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  • Lucky Song

    Vera B Williams

    Hardcover (Greenwillow Books, Sept. 16, 1997)
    Lucky listener! Lucky reader! Listen to this lucky song about Evie and her blue-sky, kite-flying day. But Evie's day wouldn't be nearly as special without a little help from her grandpa and grandma, and her mother and father and sister. The beloved picture-book world of Vera B. Williams comes vividly to life again with Evie in the warm embrace of her family. Young readers will want to hear her lucky song again and again and again.Lucky listener! Lucky reader! Listen to this lucky song about Evie and her blue-sky, kite-flying day. But Evies day wouldnt be nearly as special without a little help from her grandpa and grandma, and her mother and father and sister. The beloved picture-book world of Vera B. Williams comes vividly to life again with Evie in the warm embrace of her family. Young readers will want to hear her lucky song again and again and again.
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  • A Chair for Always

    Vera B. Williams

    eBook (Greenwillow Books, Dec. 7, 2010)
    Rosa is excited that her Aunt Ida is having a baby-she's going to have a cousin! But when the baby comes, Grandma suggests they get rid of the family's beloved armchair so that baby Benji can play on a nicer one. But Rosa puts her foot down: this chair is a member of the family, she says, and it will be with them always.
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  • SELF TRAINING A SERVICE DOG: The No 1 guide to self training of service dogs / puppies book

    MARA WILLIAMS

    Paperback (Independently published, Feb. 14, 2019)
    SELF TRAINING A SERVICE DOG ★★SPECIAL BONUS FOR MY READERS: ★★ Buy a paperback copy of this book NOW and you will receive the Kindle version absolutely FREE via Kindle Matchbook Do you want to learn how to self-train your own dog?Have you been looking for ways to train your dog into a service dog without success?Do you believe that training dogs is what you are meant to do, that it feels like your calling and you are motivated to make a difference in the world?Or would you simply like to have dog training knowledge and methods in order to train your service dog? If so, then read on because you are in the right place!Understanding dogs and knowing how to give them the right training is NOT rocket science. Dogs do not want something complex or complicated, they simply want concise and clear communication which is what you will learn how to do when you download this book. Dogs are energetic and fast learning animals which means that if given the right training and information, their behavior changes fast, even if they have been acting a certain way for a long time.Once you learn what dogs are looking for you'll know how best to train and communicate with them. Dogs understand the same language irrespective of breed or age and yes you can teach even old dogs new tricks when you have the right dog training methods. If you want to learn how to train a service dog, then simply hit the BUY NOW button on this page to get started.
  • Three Days On A River In A Red Canoe

    Vera B. Williams

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback, Aug. 1, 1984)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The narrator, her cousin and their mothers learn to pitch a tent, build a fire, and lower a canoe over waterfalls while canoeing down a river.
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  • Scooter

    Vera B Williams

    Paperback (Greenwillow Books, Feb. 20, 2001)
    Elana is thrilled to be living all the way up on the eighth floor of 514 Melon Hill Avenue, an apartment building in New York City. But with her new life come changes--and challenges. Is her shiny scooter up to the crags and potholes of city sidewalks? Will she be able to make new friends? Can she find a way to help out little Petey, who everyone says doesn't talk? And will the kids from Melon Hill win any blue ribbons at the Borough-Wide Field Day?As Elana coasts toward discoveries and surprises in her new home, she keeps one thing in mind: Anything can happen as long as you have a winning attitude and a cool set of wheels!Elana Rose Rosen and her mother have just moved to a new apartment, and this is Elana's story about the event-filled summer that follows and the new neighbors and friends that become an important part of her life. "A pleasure to read....A story, told with tremendous inventiveness, of the satisfactions and intellectual excitements of childhood, of the worlds seen, explained and illustrated through the remarkable eyes of a remarkable girl."--New York Times Book Review.
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