Harvesting Hope
The Story of Cesar Chavez
Yuyi Morales, Alma Flor Ada, F. Isabel Campoy, Kathleen Krull
Readers rate it 4.7 (3 on Hardcover)
48 pages · Released Mar 1, 2003 · Harcourt Children's Books
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This beautifully illustrated picture-book biography celebrates Cesar Chavez's nonviolent activism and fight for migrant workers' rights. The narrative addresses serious themes like poverty, exploitation, and injustice, but presents them age-appropriately through a child's perspective and emphasis on peaceful resistance and hope. It teaches important history and values while remaining emotionally accessible for elementary readers.
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A biography of Cesar Chavez, from age ten when he and his family lived happily on their Arizona ranch, to age thirty-eight when he led a peaceful protest against California migrant workers' miserable working conditions. A biography of Cesar Chavez, from age ten when he and his family lived happily on their Arizona ranch, to age thirty-eight when he led a peaceful protest against California migrant workers' miserable working conditions.
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- Labor leaders
- Spanish language materials
- Mexican Americans
- United Farm Workers
- Migrant labor
- Juvenile literature
- Biography
- History
- Historia
- Trabajadores migratorios
- Líderes obreros
- Mexicano-americanos
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ISBN 9780152014377 · Harcourt Children's Books