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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: 0152996249
  • Physical Description: [30] p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1992.

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.
Awards Note:
Caldecott honor book, 1993.
Coretta Scott King honor book, 1993.
Subject: Migrant labor > Fiction.
Cotton picking > Fiction.
Family life > Fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Covington Branch E WILLI S (Text) 33126012589556 Easy Available -


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