Williams, Vera B

Rosa plays her accordion with her friends in the Oak Street Band and earns money to help her mother with expenses while her grandmother is sick.

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.

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

Three babies are caught up in the air and given loving attention by a father, grandmother, and mother.

Rosa has difficulty choosing a special birthday present to buy with the coins her mother and grandmother have saved, until she hears a man playing beautiful music on an accordion.

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

A child's silver blue scooter helps her to adjust to her new home.

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

Mother, Aunt Rosie, and two children make a three-day camping trip by canoe.

Bidemmi draws pictures and tells stories about cherries.