A Picture Book of Cesar Chavez (Picture Book Biography) - Softcover

Adler, David A.; Adler, Michael S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0823423832 ISBN 13: 9780823423835

Publisher: Holiday House, 2011

Synopsis

Cesar Chavez dedicated his life to helping American farmworkers. As a child growing up in California during the Great Depression, he picked produce with his family. Cesar saw firsthand how unfairly workers were treated. As an adult, he organized farmworkers into unions and argued for better pay and fair working conditions. He was jailed for his efforts, but he never stopped urging people to stand up for their rights. Young readers will be inspired by the fascinating life story of this champion of social justice.

About this title

About the Author:

David A. Adler is the author of Fun with Roman Numerals and Money Madness. He lives in New York State.

From School Library Journal:

Gr 2-4–Adler and his son, Michael, have collaborated to produce another respectable addition to the biography series the senior Adler began years ago. Those owning Kathleen Krull's Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez (Harcourt, 2003), a standout biography of Chavez for this age group, will still want to consider this title because of its slightly different bent. While Krull emphasizes Chavez's younger years that inspired him to become an activist and focuses on the 1965 grape pickers boycott and the 300-mile march that resulted in the first farm workers' contract, the Adlers' book includes those events, but provides a more linear approach. It covers Chavez's life from birth to death, providing important facts, such as the posthumous award of the Congressional Medal of Freedom, not mentioned in Krull's title. Olofsdotter's lively, earth-toned illustrations extend the text.Grace Oliff, Ann Blanche Smith School, Hillsdale, NJ
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About this edition

• Publisher: Holiday House
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0823423832
• ISBN 13: 9780823423835
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Olofsdotter Marie