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"This title introducing Cesar Chavez will make readers want to go out and make a change. The title starts off with Cesar's humble beginnings in Arizona with this poor family and takes you with him on his path to being one of the greatest advocates for Latino and farmworker rights. Complete with a timeline and wonderful historical photographs."--Publisher's website.
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"I tell you, God could care less about the poor. Tell me, why must we live here like this? What have we done to deserve this? You're so good and yet you suffer so much," a young boy tells his mother in Tomás Rivera's classic novel about the migrant worker experience. Outside the chicken coop that is their home, his father wails in pain from the unbearable cramps brought on by sunstroke after working in the hot fields. The young boy can't understand...
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A powerful and accesible bilingual picture book that highlights "the power and impact of ordinary but dedicated citizens." Every day, thousands of farmworkers harvested the food that ended up on kitchen tables all over the country. But at the end of the day, when the workers sat down to eat, there were only beans on their own tables. Then Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez teamed up. Together they motivated the workers to fight for their rights and,...
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Born into a family of migrant workers, toiling in the fields by the age of six, Jose M. Hernández dreamed of traveling through the night skies on a rocket ship. [The book] is the inspiring story of how he realized that dream, becoming the first Mexican-American astronaut. Hernández didn't speak English till he was 12, and his peers often joined gangs, or skipped school. And yet, by his twenties he was part of an elite team helping develop technology...
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Dos trabajadores del campo en California durante la Gran Depresión. George Milton, un hombre inteligente pero sin formación, y Lennie Small, un hambre de gran estatura y fuerza, pero limitatdas habilidades mentales, están en camino hacia otra parte de California en Soledad. Esperan cumplir algún dia su sueño compartido de tener sus propias tierras y sus propios animales. La parte del sueño de Lennie es simplemente cuidar (y tocar) conejos...
16) Cajas de cartón
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Explores a migrant family's experiences moving through labor camps, facing poverty and impermanence, and discusses how they endure through faith, hope, and back-breaking work.
18) Corazón descalzo
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Chronicles the life of a child growing up in a family of Mexican-American migrant farm workers who traveled between Texas and Minnesota.
20) César Chávez
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La historia de César Chávez es hoy una historia tan actual y vital como lo era cuando era una parte integral de los acontecimientos actuales y no una historia en la historia. Este volumen, dedicado a transmitir la historia de la vida de Chávez a lectores jóvenes, proporciona a los educadores una herramienta esencial para enseñar justicia social, derechos de los trabajadores y cómo defender sus convicciones a través de un lenguaje apropiado...