Hello, friends! Today's book is Brave Girl: Clara And The Shirtwaist Makers' Strike Of 1909, written by Michelle Markel and illustrated by Melissa Sweet, a picture book biography of Clara Lemlich, one of the organizers of a massive protest of garment workers at the turn of the century. To look at Clara Lemlich when she … Continue reading Brave Girl: Clara And The Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike Of 1909 (Michelle Markel)
Hello, everybody! Our book today is Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type, written by Doreen Cronin and illustrated by Betsy Lewin, a funny yet relevant barnyard tale of civil disobedience. Farmer Brown has never seen such a thing, and never heard it either: cows that type. The cows have gotten their hooves on an old … Continue reading Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type (Doreen Cronin)
¡Hola amigos, y feliz cinco de Mayo! To celebrate, we wanted to read a book that recognizes a group of brave Latin-Americans, as well as their language, with the wonderful ¡Sí, Se Puede!/Yes We Can!: Janitor Strike In L.A., written by Diana Cohn and illustrated by Francisco Delgado, the story of the 2000 L.A. janitor's … Continue reading ¡Sí, Se Puede!/Yes We Can!: Janitor Strike In L.A. (Diana Cohn)
Hello, friends! Today, we read On Our Way To Oyster Bay: Mother Jones And Her March For Children's Rights, written by Monica Kulling and illustrated by Felicita Sala, a biographical picture book about Mary Harris Jones, a children's and workers' rights activist at the turn of the century (JJ and I were fortunate enough to … Continue reading On Our Way To Oyster Bay: Mother Jones And Her March For Children’s Rights (Monica Kulling)
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