Read about Cesar Chavez FROM THE CRITICS
Children's Literature - Barbara Youngblood
This small but powerful book is part of the "I Like Biographies" series. Cesar Chavez' life is portrayed from his earliest childhood through his adult work to promote fair treatment of immigrant workers. The text is simple accompanied with photos of Chavez and other immigrants whose everyday life was made better through the work of National Farm Workers Association. A timeline of events in his life is featured along with other books to read and web site listings for more information. It simply tells how one person can have a large effect on many lives, how people joining together in support of a cause can have a major impact on an industry. This is a good book for the study of labor unions in the elementary grades. Students could see how the lives of immigrant workers were changed by the work of Cesar Chavez and his followers. The author specializes in social studies and language arts book. 2004, Enslow Publishers, Ages 4 to 12.
School Library Journal
Gr 2-4-These books are attractive but lack substantive information or any mention of the subjects' awards or honors. This seems to be an especially noticeable omission when Feinstein neglects to mention Dr. King's Nobel Peace Prize, and the text jumps from 1963 to 1968 on one page. Full-page photographs or reproductions face each page of text and add to the information. The glossaries, in the form of "Words to Know," are on the verso of the title page, a switch from the usual placement, where it is more helpful to readers. Kathleen Krull's Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez (Harcourt, 2003) and Doreen Rappaport's Martin's Big Words (Hyperion, 2001) capture the spiritual essence of these great Americans.-Erlene Bishop Killeen, Fox Prairie Elementary School, Stoughton, WI Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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