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Author Rau, Dana Meachen, 1971- author. Title Who was Cesar Chavez? / by Dana Meachen Rau ; illustrated by Ted Hammond. Publisher New York, NY : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2017] ©2017 Copies
ITEM LOC CALL # STATUS Superior juvenile nonfiction JUV 921 C39r (WHO/WHAT/WHERE Series) AVAILABLE Descript 106 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. age Children lcdgt Series Who was ... Who was-- ? Audience 900L Lexile Note Accelerated Reader AR MG 6 1 188753. Nonfiction. Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (page 106). Contents Who was Cesar Chavez? -- The Arizona ranch -- Hard work for little pay -- Growing as a leader -- The NFWA -- Refusing to be ignored -- Ending the great strike -- Protests and peace -- Timelines. Summary Presents an account of the life of the Mexican American labor activist who helped organize the migrant farm workers and establish a union to fight for their rights. Subject Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993 -- Juvenile literature. United Farm Workers -- History -- Juvenile literature. Labor leaders -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Migrant agricultural laborers -- Labor unions -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature. Genre Biographies. Alt Author Hammond, Ted, illustrator. ISBN/ISSN 9781101995600 (paperback) 1101995602 (paperback) 9780451533623 (lib. bdg.) 0451533623 (lib. bdg.) 9781518225901 (Paw Prints) 151822590X (Paw Prints)
