Review: Working Cotton
Redaktioneller Bericht - Kirkus ReviewsWe gets to the fields early, before it's even light. Sometimes I still be asleep."" In grave cadences, young Shelan describes a day of picking with her migrant family. In one of Byard's powerful, impressionistic acrylics (repeated on the jacket), Shelan stares penetratingly at readers as she Mumps wearily amid pries of cotton; otherwise, the figures here are stooped, shadowy, tragically impersonal images with lowered eyes. The artist and poet (the text is reworked from two of Williams's Peacock Poems, 1975) effectively capture a strong sense of family, of exhaustion at day's end, and, most poignantly, Shelan's isolation--children she meets in one field are generally gone by the next, and there seems to be no life for her or her family beyond their work. A brief, deeply felt portrait.
Review: Working Cotton
Nutzerbericht - Cynthia - GoodreadsSummary Working Cotton is set in the days of segregation in the cotton fields of the South. It's a story about a little girl named Shelan and her family working in the cotton fields. Black workers ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Working Cotton
Nutzerbericht - Jessica Vanhemel - GoodreadsThis is a Caldecott honor book, it was published in 1992. The first thing that I noticed about the book was the cover art, the expression on the little girls face really made me want to read this book ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Working Cotton
Nutzerbericht - Tyler - GoodreadsWorking Cotton is a story about a child's view on a hard days work in the cotton fields. The author uses language that is fitting to the story. The illustrations are eye catching and help tell the ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Working Cotton
Nutzerbericht - Rachel - GoodreadsThe book, which won a 1993 Caldecott Honor award, is seen through the eyes of an African-American girl whose migrant family is working in the cotton fields. It is based off the author's own ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Working Cotton
Nutzerbericht - Tiffany - GoodreadsThis was a good read. Really enjoyed the story and the pictures. This story is good history about how it was to be a slave and work on a farm to earn money by picking cotton. This book would introduce ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Working Cotton
Nutzerbericht - Mrs. Downs - GoodreadsGR Level: J Elementary: E WIL This is a story about a girl and her family and how hard they all work together in the cotton fields to take care of each other. Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Working Cotton
Nutzerbericht - Erica - GoodreadsThis is a story about a girl and her family and how hard they all work together in the cotton fields to take care of each other. Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Working Cotton
Nutzerbericht - Paul - GoodreadsAs others have said, I opened this book thinking it was a cotton-plantation story, but it became clear from visual cues that this is a much more contemporary narrative. Reading the book gave me an ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
