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Picture Book · Ages 4–7 · 1992
Working Cotton
By Sherley Anne Williams, Carole Byard (Illustrator)
A child's day unfolds in the cotton fields, revealing migrant life.
3.9/5 Goodreads · 770 ratings
32 pages
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Bookroo's summary
In the heart of central California, a young girl shares her family's daily life as migrant workers in the cotton fields. Through her eyes, the long hours and simple joys of their existence are unveiled. What stories lie hidden in the fields, and how does this life shape her dreams? Discover the beauty and resilience in the everyday struggles of a migrant family.
From the publisher
A 1993 Caldecott Honor Book This child’s view of the long day’s work in the cotton fields, simply expressed in a poet’s resonant language, is a fresh and stirring look at migrant family life. “With its restrained poetic text and impressionist paintings, this is a picture book for older readers, too.”–Booklist
At a glance
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 32
- Reading age
- 4–7
- Audience
- Picture
- Lexile
- AD600L
The illustrator
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- 2.8
- F&P level
- ~O
- AR points
- 0.5
- AR interest level
- LG
- AR quiz
- 51693
Publication
- Published
- February 15, 1997
- First published
- September 15, 1992
- Publisher
- Clarion Books
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Picture Book
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