Working Cotton

A 1993 Caldecott Honor Book

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

About the author

An award-winning fiction writer, playwright, and poet, Sherley Anne Williams (1944-1999) is best known for her widely acclaimed novel Dessa Rose. Her interest in children's literature was nurtured by story-telling sessions for her son, Malcolm, and his friends.

Working Cotton is based on poems from The Peacock Poems, a National Book Award nominee, and his her first book for children.Carole Byard (1941-2017) was an artist and illustrator whose books for children twice won the Coretta Scott King award.

Summary

A 1993 Caldecott Honor Book

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

Product details

• Authors: Sherley Anne Williams
• Assisted by: Carole Byard (Illustration), Carole M. Byard (Illustration)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 7
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.02.1997
• EAN: 9780152014827
• ISBN: 978-0-15-201482-7
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 279 mm x 229 mm x 3 mm
• Weight: 145 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Picture books; JUVENILE FICTION: Readers / Beginner, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Friendship, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Violence, JUVENILE FICTION: People & Places / General, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Runaways, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Strangers, kid;biography, JUVENILE FICTION: African American & Black