This Quiet Lady

by Charlotte Zolotow

Book Overview

What was your mother like as a little girl How did she look in school What did she do before you were born Follow along as one girl joyously searches through old pictures to find out. Generations will... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688093051
• ISBN13: 9780688093051
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.3" x 12.3"
• Age Range: 3 years and up
• Grade Range: Preschool and higher

Customer Reviews

Great read aloud to share at quiet times

This is a touching and sweet title that shows a little girl growing up to be the main character's mother through a series of pictures at various stages of life. We especially liked the picture of the young girl with the Beatles lunchbox and wrinkled stockings. When we read this one aloud to a child, at the end of each page we amend the text to insert the child's name (e.g. Emma), so for example, "This baby smiling in her bassinet under the crocheted throw is Emma's mama." The connection is then made that the child's mother had also been a little girl and we can see how the mama went through various stages in growing up to become a mother. It is very sweet, endearing and still a favorite.

The Perfect Mother's Day Gift

"This Quiet Lady " would be my perfect Mother's Day Gift. The story is simple: a little girl is looking at photographs of her mother through the years. Her mothers as a baby, as a baby, young girl, bride, and then, finally, as a mother. `This quiet lady, lovely and large...is my mother...And here is where I begin."Each description of the mother is accompanied by beautiful illustrations showing all the life and love of her mother. This is a lyrically sweet book and one to be shared with your daughters...and your mothers. Trust me....don't just buy it for your daughter....buy it for your mother.