Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers

Sarah Warren, Robert Casilla

Book cover for Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers
Book cover for Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers

Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers

Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers

Sarah Warren, Robert Casilla

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Description

A Jane Addam's Children's Book Award Honor Book for Younger Children.

Dolores is a teacher, a mother, and a friend She wants to know why her students are too hungry to listen, why they don't have shoes to wear to school.

Dolores is a warrior, an organizer, and a peacemaker. When she finds out that the farm workers in her community are poorly paid and working under dangerous conditions, she stands up for their rights.

This is the story of Dolores Huerta and the extraordinary battle she waged to ensure fair and safe work places for migrant workers. The powerful text, paired with Robert Casilla's vibrant watercolor-and-pastel illustrations, brings Dolores's amazing journey to life. A timeline, additional reading, articles, websites, and resources for teachers are included.

Critical Reviews

"...A great entry point into the ideas of justice and fairness and tells the inspiring story of an amazing woman." --These Little Piggies Had Tofu

"Minneapolis Head Start teacher Sarah Warren describes Huerta in this picture book as a detective who followed hungry kids home to offer help, a friend to farm workers, a warrior who stands up to the bosses, an organizer, a storyteller who explains why some farms are not healthy places, a peacemaker who won't use violence and a fortune teller who promised the bosses the workers would stop picking grapes if they were mistreated." --Mary Ann Grossmann, St. Paul Pioneer Press

Publishing Information

Publisher: Two Lions
Pub date: 2012-04-01
Length: 32 pages

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