An old rocking chair is recycled through a neighborhood, broken down bit by bit as young and old find various uses for it, until it ends up as a tiny footstool in the hands of the original owner.
A collector of broken-down old chairs that are on their last legs, Tilly Trumble finally finds the perfect "four-legged, scruffy old thing" to fill the empty space in front of the fireplace.
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.
Contains an overview of how a wooden chair is made, in simple text with illustrations, explaining how the wood comes from trees, is cut into planks, and assembled into chairs.
A child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after all their furniture is lost in a fire. Includes read aloud cassette.
