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Working cotton  Cover Image Book Book

Working cotton

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780152014827 (Voyager : pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0152014829 (Voyager : pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780152000042 (lib. bdg.)
  • ISBN: 0152000046 (lib. bdg.)
  • ISBN: 9780152996246
  • ISBN: 0152996249
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
    print
  • 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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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Thompson Public Library HISTORY Williams (Text) 34038118833516 Juvenile Picture Book Available -
Wolcott Public Library E WILLIAMS, S. (Text) 34031100719157 Juvenile Picture Book Available -
Woodbury Public Library J Williams c. 1 (Text) 34018065546352 Juvenile Fiction Available -

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