Harvesting Hope The Story of Cesar Chavez
Kathleen Krull
ALA Pura Belpre Honor Book
Interest Level: Elementary
CATEGORY: biography
TYPE: juvenile nonfiction picture book
SUMMARY: This is a story of Cesar Chavez, a civil rights leader, growing up. His family lost the family farm due to a drought. Sending his family to go where ever there is work, living in crowded shacks with other workers. As a migrant worker he along with others endured long hours of hard work for very little pay.
ONLINE CONNECTIONS:
Author’s web site:
http://www.kathleenkrull.com//
About this book:
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=ZiEhe9pOt10C&dq=Kathleen+Krull&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=KKPglXVaQ6&sig=xflxBHi-Do4ean2_2mF87LAm0F8&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result
BOOK CONNECTIONS:
Wilma Unlimted: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman by KathleenKrull
Boy on Fairfield Street by Kathleen Krull
KEYWORDS: hard work, low pay, fields, civic duty.
Cesar Chavez was a typical migrate worker. He became a very important person when it came to the civil rights of farm workers. Cesar Chavez was a peaceful advocate for the improvements of the lives of migrant works.
Kathleen Krull
ALA Pura Belpre Honor Book
Interest Level: Elementary
CATEGORY: biography
TYPE: juvenile nonfiction picture book
SUMMARY: This is a story of Cesar Chavez, a civil rights leader, growing up. His family lost the family farm due to a drought. Sending his family to go where ever there is work, living in crowded shacks with other workers. As a migrant worker he along with others endured long hours of hard work for very little pay.
ONLINE CONNECTIONS:
Author’s web site:
http://www.kathleenkrull.com//
About this book:
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=ZiEhe9pOt10C&dq=Kathleen+Krull&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=KKPglXVaQ6&sig=xflxBHi-Do4ean2_2mF87LAm0F8&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result
BOOK CONNECTIONS:
Wilma Unlimted: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman by KathleenKrull
Boy on Fairfield Street by Kathleen Krull
KEYWORDS: hard work, low pay, fields, civic duty.
Cesar Chavez was a typical migrate worker. He became a very important person when it came to the civil rights of farm workers. Cesar Chavez was a peaceful advocate for the improvements of the lives of migrant works.
