Cosechando esperanza: La historia de César Chávez. (Harvesting Hope: The Story of César Chávez)
By staff -- Críticas, 8/1/2005
Krull, Kathleen.tr. by F. Isabel Campoy & Alma Flor Ada. illus. by Yuyi Morales./n/U.S.: Libros Viajeros: Harcourt. 2004. unpaged. ISBN 0-15-205169-4. pap. $7. NONFICTION
Gr 2-4–Chávez’s humble beginnings in Arizona, including his struggle to learn amid the discrimination against Mexican Americans at the time, are the focus of this picture book biography. The book explores Chávez’s sense of humility and his determination to change the lives of farm workers in a peaceful manner. Morales’s full-page illustrations are warm and engaging and further enhance the reader’s understanding of the life and accomplishments of this great Hispanic civil rights leader.
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