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Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez

Kathleen Krull

Nominee:Rhode Island Children's Book Awards -Grades 3-6 (2005)
Nominee:Bluebonnet Awards -Children's (2005)

In this Pura Belpre award-winning picture book, illustrated by Caldecott Honree Yuyi Morales, acclaimed author Kathleen Krull celebrates Latinx civil rights leader Cesar Chavez. An inspirational book about resistance and hope.

When Cesar Chavez led a 340-mile peaceful protest march through California, he ignited a cause and improved the lives of thousands of migrant farmworkers.

But Cesar wasn't always a leader. As a boy, he was shy and teased at school. His family slaved in the fields for barely enough money to survive. Cesar knew things had to change, and he thought that--maybe--he could help change them. So he took charge. He spoke up. And an entire country listened.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Clarion Books
  • Publish Date: Mar 1st, 2003
  • Pages: 48
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.88in - 11.34in - 0.42in - 1.08lb
  • EAN: 9780152014377
  • Recommended age: 04-07
  • Categories: Biography & Autobiography - Cultural & RegionalHispanic & LatinoHistory - United States - 20th Century

About the Author

Morales, Yuyi: - Born in Xalapa, Mexico, Yuyi Morales lived for many years in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is a storyteller, dancer, choreographer, puppeteer, and artist, who has won the prestigious Pura Belpré Award for Illustration five times and has also been awarded the Caldecott Honor.
Krull, Kathleen: - Kathleen Krull is well known for her innovative, award-winning nonfiction for young people, including Lives of the Explorers, Lives of the Musicians, and all other books in this popular series illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt. She is also the author of Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez, illustrated by Yuyi Morales, as well as The Beatles Were Fab (and They Were Funny) and Lincoln Tells a Joke: How Laughter Saved the President (and the Country), both co-written with Paul Brewer and illustrated by Stacy Innerst. She lives in San Diego, California. Visit her online at kathleenkrull.com.

Praise for this book

One person can make a difference is a message that resonates throughout Krull's stirring biography...
-- "San Francisco Chronicle" (11/21/2003 12:00:00 AM)