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Working Cotton
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Working Cotton Paperback - 1997

by Williams, Sherley Anne

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This child's view of a 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. Full-color illustrations.

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HMH Books for Young Readers. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Details

  • Title Working Cotton
  • Author Williams, Sherley Anne
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher HMH Books for Young Readers, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
  • Date February 15, 1997
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # R14M-01311
  • ISBN 9780152014827 / 0152014829
  • Weight 0.35 lbs (0.16 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 11 x 0.2 in (23.11 x 27.94 x 0.51 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 07 years
  • Grade levels P - 2
  • Reading level 600
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects Family, African Americans
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 91021586
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

Summary

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

First line

It be cold, cold, cold. The field fire send up a gray trail to the hazy sky.

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  • Publishers Weekly, 04/07/1997, Page 94

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