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Working cotton /written by Sherley Anne Williams ; illustrated by Carole Byard.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (c)1992.Edition: first editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780152996246
  • 9780152000042
  • 9780152014827
  • 9780758701688
  • 9780440831891
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PS3573 .W675 1992
  • PS3573
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission:
Awards:
  • Coretta Scott King Honor, illustrator, 1993.
  • Caldecott Honor Book, 1993.
Subject: A young black girl relates the daily events of her family's migrant life in the cotton fields of central California.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number URL Status Notes Date due Barcode
Juvenile Book (10-day checkout) Juvenile Book (10-day checkout) G. Allen Fleece Library JUVENILE-CALDECOTT Fiction PZ7.W668174 Wo 1992 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available Caldecott Honor 1993 31923001795315

Art techniques used: Impressionistic acrylic.

"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"--Title page verso.

"The text type was set in Berkeley Old Medium by Thompson Type, San Diego, California. Color separations were made by Bright Arts, Ltd., Singapore. Production supervision by Warren Wallerstein and David Hough. Designed by Trina Stahl"--Title page verso.

A young black girl relates the daily events of her family's migrant life in the cotton fields of central California.

COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission:

Coretta Scott King Honor, illustrator, 1993.

Caldecott Honor Book, 1993.

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