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Working cotton  Cover Image Book Book

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

Summary:

A young black girl relates the daily events of her family's migrant life in the cotton fields of central California.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0152000046
  • ISBN: 0152996249
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1992]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"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"--T.p. verso.
Target Audience Note:
AD600L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 2.8 0.5 51693.
Subject: Migrant labor > Juvenile fiction.
Cotton picking > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Black people > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 21 of 21 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Sikeston Public.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 21 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Sikeston Public Library E W67 (Text) 34140000032238 Easy Available -


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