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Working cotton  Cover Image Book Book

Working cotton / written by Sherley Anne Williams ; illustrated by Carole Byard.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0152996249
  • ISBN: 9780152996246
  • ISBN: 0152000046 (lib. bdg.)
  • ISBN: 9780152000042 (lib. bdg.)
  • ISBN: 0152014829 (Voyager : pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780152014827 (Voyager : pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ©1992

Content descriptions

General Note:
Art techniques used: Impressionistic acrylic.
"The text of Working Cotton is based on the poems "the trimming of the feathers" and "conejo," originally published in The Peacock Poems by Sherley Anne Williams"--Title page verso.
"The text type was set in Berkeley Old Medium by Thompson Type, San Diego, California. Color separations were made by Bright Arts, Ltd., Singapore. Production supervision by Warren Wallerstein and David Hough. Designed by Trina Stahl"--Title page verso.
Summary, etc.:
A young black girl relates the daily events of her family's migrant life in the cotton fields of central California.
Awards Note:
Coretta Scott King Honor, illustrator, 1993.
Caldecott Honor Book, 1993.
Subject: Child labor > Juvenile fiction.
Migrant labor > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Juvenile fiction.
Cotton picking > Juvenile fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Perseverance (Ethics) > Juvenile fiction.
Time perception > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Poverty > Juvenile fiction.
Agriculture > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Migrant labor > Fiction.
Cotton picking > Fiction.
Migrant labor > Fiction.
Family life > Fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 13 of 13 copies available at Bibliomation.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 13 total copies.
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Babcock Library - Ashford E Wil (Text) 3311000007409S Juvenile Picture Book Available -
Bentley Memorial Library - Bolton E WIL (Text) 33160091057243 Easy Fiction Available -
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown E WILLIAMS (Text) 34014022389960 Juvenile Picture Book Available -
David M. Hunt Library - Falls Village [E]Wil (Text) 33180123701493 Picture Book Available -
Edith Wheeler Memorial Library - Monroe JE WIL (Text) 34026073372703 Juvenile Picture Book Available -
Franklin Elementary School CFIC WIL (Text) 30206000061017 Picture Book Available -
Kent Library Association - Kent E WIL (Text) 33410000181331 Juvenile Picture Book Available -
Kent Memorial Library - Suffield JJ WILLIAMS c. 1 (Text) 32518051369059 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury S JP WILLIAMS, S (Text) 34005075727346 Storage Available -
Slater Public Library - Griswold E WIL (Text) 55555000425253 Juvenile Easy Available -

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