Early life and education

Marriage and children

• Sarah Williams
• Jennifer Williams
• Merce Williams

• Hudson Williams
• August Williams
• William Babcock
• Rebecca Babcock
• Clare Babcock

Career

As author

• It's a Gingerbread House (1978)
• The Great Watermelon Birthday (1980)
• Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe (1981)
• A Chair for My Mother (1982)
• Something Special for Me (1983)
• Music, Music for Everyone (1984)
• My Mother, Leah and George Sand (1986)
• Cherries and Cherry Pits (1986)
• Stringbean's Trip to the Shining Sea with Jennifer Williams (1988)
• "More More More" Said the Baby (1990)
• Scooter (1993)
• Lucky Song (1997)
• Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart (2001)
• A Chair for Always (2009)

As illustrator

• Hooray For Me!, Remy Charlip (1975)
• Long Walks and Intimate Talks, Grace Paley (1991)
• Home: A Collaboration of Thirty Authors & Illustrators (1996)

• 1983: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Picture Book category, A Chair for My Mother
• 1983: Caldecott Honor, A Chair for My Mother
• 1985: Jane Addams Children's Book Award, Honor Book, Music, Music for Everyone
• 1991: Caldecott Honor, "More More More" Said the Baby
• 1994: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Fiction category, Scooter
• 1995: Library of Congress exhibition, "Family, Friends, and Community: The Art of Vera B. Williams"
• 1998: Charlotte Zolotow Award, Lucky Song
• 2002: Jane Addams Children's Book Award, Honor Book, Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart
• 2008: Regina Medal of the Catholic Library Association; body of work