40 Books about Labor

Compiled by Merri V. Lindgren
© 2003 Cooperative Children's Book Center

This bibliography was compiled in May, 2003, as part of a 12-month series in recognition of the 40th anniversary of the Cooperative Children's Book Center.

Complete list of 40 Books about... bibliographies.

Click on underlined book titles to see the CCBC review of the book, and/or the cover image.

On the Job

Banks, Kate. The Night Worker. Illustrated by Georg Hallensleben. Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000. Ages 2 - 5

Bourgeois, Paulette. Garbage Collectors. U.S. edition: Kids Can Press, 1998. Ages 3 - 6

Bourgeois, Paulette. Police Officers. Illustrated by Kim LaFave. U.S. edition: Kids Can Press, 1999. Ages 4 - 8

Carling, Amelia Lau. Mama and Papa Have a Store. Dial, 1998. Ages 4 - 8

Florian, Douglas. An Auto Mechanic. Greenwillow, 1991. Ages 2 - 5

Florian, Douglas. A Carpenter. Greenwillow, 1991. Ages 2 - 5

Gershator, David and Phillis. Bread Is for Eating. Illustrated by Emma Shaw Smith. Henry Holt, 1995. Ages 4 - 8

Henkes, Kevin. Good-bye, Curtis. Illustrated by Marisabina Russo. Greenwillow, 1995. Ages 3 - 6

Kunstadter, Maria A.. Women Working A to Z. Photographed by Shari Stanberry. Highsmith Press, 1994. Ages 5 - 8

Peterson, Cris. Century Farm: One Hundred Years on a Family Farm. Photographed by Alvis Upitis. Boyds Mills Press, 1999. Ages 5 - 8

Rendon, Marcie R. and Cheryl Walsh Bellville . Farmer's Market: Families Working Together. Photographed by Cheryl Walsh Bellville. Carolrhoda, 2001. Ages 7 - 11

Williams, Vera B.. A Chair for My Mother. Greenwillow, 1982. Ages 4 - 9

Kids at Work

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Growing Up in Coal Country. Houghton Mifflin, 1996. Ages 9 - 16

Freedman, Russell. Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor. Clarion, 1994. Ages 8 - 14

Harlow, Joan Hiatt. Joshua's Song. Margaret K. McElderry, 2001. Ages 8 - 11

McCully, Emily Arnold. The Bobbin Girl. Dial, 1996. Ages 8 - 11

Moss, Marissa. True Heart. Illustrated by C.F. Payne. Silver Whistle/Harcourt Brace, 1999. Ages 6 - 9

Paterson, Katherine. Lyddie. Lodestar Books, 1991. Age 12 and older

Roberts-Davis, Tanya. We Need to Go to School: Voices of the Rugmark Children. Groundwood/Douglas & McIntyre, 2001. Age 10 and older

Springer, Jane. Listen to Us: The World's Working Children: A Book for Kids. Groundwood/Douglas & McIntyre, 1997. Age 9 and older

Wallace, Ian. Boy of the Deeps. DK Ink, 1999. Ages 8 - 11

Ward, Glenyse. Wandering Girl. U.S. edition: Henry Holt, 1991. Age 13 and older

The Migrant Experience

Altman, Linda. Amelia's Road. Illustrated by Enrique O. Sanchez. Lee & Low, 1993. 32 pages. Ages 7 - 9

Ancona, George. Harvest. Marshall Cavendish, 2001. Ages 7 - 11

Atkin, S. Beth. Voices from the Fields: Children of Migrant Farmworkers Tell Their Stories. Joy Street/Little, Brown, 1993. Ages 9 - 14

Bunting, Eve. Going Home. Illustrated by David Diaz. HarperCollins, 1996. Ages 5 - 9

Jimenez, Francisco. Breaking Through. Houghton Mifflin, 2001. 193 pages. Age 12 and older

Jimenez, Francisco. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child. Houghton Mifflin, 1999. Age 12 and older

Mora, Pat. Tomas and the Library Lady. Illustrated by Raul Colon. Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. Ages 4 - 7

Perez, L. King. First Day in Grapes. Illustrated by Robert Casilla. Lee & Low, 2002. Ages 5 - 8

Ryan, Pam Munoz. Esperanza Rising. Scholastic, 2000. Ages 10 - 14

Soto, Gary. Jesse. Harcourt, Brace, 1994. Age 15 and older

Labor Activists

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Kids on Strike!. Houghton Mifflin, 1999. Ages 11 - 16

Kraft, Betsy Harvey. Mother Jones: One Woman's Fight for Labor. Clarion, 1995. Ages 8 - 12

Kuklin, Susan. Iqbal Masih and the Crusaders Against Child Slavery. Henry Holt, 1998. Ages 11 - 14

McKissack, Patricia and Fredrick. A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter. Walker, 1989. Age 11 and older

Meltzer, Milton. Bread-and-Roses: The Struggle of American Labor, 1865-1915. Facts on File, 1991. Ages 11 - 14

Partridge, Elizabeth. This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie. Viking, 2002. Age 11 and older

Robinet, Harriette Gillem. Missing from Haymarket Square. Atheneum, 2001. Ages 10 - 13

Stanley, Jerry. Big Annie of Calumet: A True Story of the Industrial Revolution. Crown, 1996. Ages 10 - 15

This list may be reproduced and distributed by educational and/or nonprofit organizations so long as credit is given to the Cooperative Children's Book Center, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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	CCBC Bibliographies & Booklists Charlotte Zolotow Award Book of the Week CCBC Specialized Information CCBC Book Discussions CCBC - Net Awards & Best-of-the-Year Lists Review Journals 40 Books about Labor Compiled by Merri V. Lindgren © 2003 Cooperative Children's Book Center This bibliography was compiled in May, 2003, as part of a 12-month series in recognition of the 40th anniversary of the Cooperative Children's Book Center. Complete list of 40 Books about... bibliographies. Click on underlined book titles to see the CCBC review of the book, and/or the cover image. On the Job Banks, Kate. The Night Worker. Illustrated by Georg Hallensleben. Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000. Ages 2 - 5 Bourgeois, Paulette. Garbage Collectors. U.S. edition: Kids Can Press, 1998. Ages 3 - 6 Bourgeois, Paulette. Police Officers. Illustrated by Kim LaFave. U.S. edition: Kids Can Press, 1999. Ages 4 - 8 Carling, Amelia Lau. Mama and Papa Have a Store. Dial, 1998. Ages 4 - 8 Florian, Douglas. An Auto Mechanic. Greenwillow, 1991. Ages 2 - 5 Florian, Douglas. A Carpenter. Greenwillow, 1991. Ages 2 - 5 Gershator, David and Phillis. Bread Is for Eating. Illustrated by Emma Shaw Smith. Henry Holt, 1995. Ages 4 - 8 Henkes, Kevin. Good-bye, Curtis. Illustrated by Marisabina Russo. Greenwillow, 1995. Ages 3 - 6 Kunstadter, Maria A.. Women Working A to Z. Photographed by Shari Stanberry. Highsmith Press, 1994. Ages 5 - 8 Peterson, Cris. Century Farm: One Hundred Years on a Family Farm. Photographed by Alvis Upitis. Boyds Mills Press, 1999. Ages 5 - 8 Rendon, Marcie R. and Cheryl Walsh Bellville . Farmer's Market: Families Working Together. Photographed by Cheryl Walsh Bellville. Carolrhoda, 2001. Ages 7 - 11 Williams, Vera B.. A Chair for My Mother. Greenwillow, 1982. Ages 4 - 9 Kids at Work Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Growing Up in Coal Country. Houghton Mifflin, 1996. Ages 9 - 16 Freedman, Russell. Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor. Clarion, 1994. Ages 8 - 14 Harlow, Joan Hiatt. Joshua's Song. Margaret K. McElderry, 2001. Ages 8 - 11 McCully, Emily Arnold. The Bobbin Girl. Dial, 1996. Ages 8 - 11 Moss, Marissa. True Heart. Illustrated by C.F. Payne. Silver Whistle/Harcourt Brace, 1999. Ages 6 - 9 Paterson, Katherine. Lyddie. Lodestar Books, 1991. Age 12 and older Roberts-Davis, Tanya. We Need to Go to School: Voices of the Rugmark Children. Groundwood/Douglas & McIntyre, 2001. Age 10 and older Springer, Jane. Listen to Us: The World's Working Children: A Book for Kids. Groundwood/Douglas & McIntyre, 1997. Age 9 and older Wallace, Ian. Boy of the Deeps. DK Ink, 1999. Ages 8 - 11 Ward, Glenyse. Wandering Girl. U.S. edition: Henry Holt, 1991. Age 13 and older The Migrant Experience Altman, Linda. Amelia's Road. Illustrated by Enrique O. Sanchez. Lee & Low, 1993. 32 pages. Ages 7 - 9 Ancona, George. Harvest. Marshall Cavendish, 2001. Ages 7 - 11 Atkin, S. Beth. Voices from the Fields: Children of Migrant Farmworkers Tell Their Stories. Joy Street/Little, Brown, 1993. Ages 9 - 14 Bunting, Eve. Going Home. Illustrated by David Diaz. HarperCollins, 1996. Ages 5 - 9 Jimenez, Francisco. Breaking Through. Houghton Mifflin, 2001. 193 pages. Age 12 and older Jimenez, Francisco. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child. Houghton Mifflin, 1999. Age 12 and older Mora, Pat. Tomas and the Library Lady. Illustrated by Raul Colon. Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. Ages 4 - 7 Perez, L. King. First Day in Grapes. Illustrated by Robert Casilla. Lee & Low, 2002. Ages 5 - 8 Ryan, Pam Munoz. Esperanza Rising. Scholastic, 2000. Ages 10 - 14 Soto, Gary. Jesse. Harcourt, Brace, 1994. Age 15 and older Labor Activists Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Kids on Strike!. Houghton Mifflin, 1999. Ages 11 - 16 Kraft, Betsy Harvey. Mother Jones: One Woman's Fight for Labor. Clarion, 1995. Ages 8 - 12 Kuklin, Susan. Iqbal Masih and the Crusaders Against Child Slavery. Henry Holt, 1998. Ages 11 - 14 McKissack, Patricia and Fredrick. A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter. Walker, 1989. Age 11 and older Meltzer, Milton. Bread-and-Roses: The Struggle of American Labor, 1865-1915. Facts on File, 1991. Ages 11 - 14 Partridge, Elizabeth. This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie. Viking, 2002. Age 11 and older Robinet, Harriette Gillem. Missing from Haymarket Square. Atheneum, 2001. Ages 10 - 13 Stanley, Jerry. Big Annie of Calumet: A True Story of the Industrial Revolution. Crown, 1996. Ages 10 - 15 This list may be reproduced and distributed by educational and/or nonprofit organizations so long as credit is given to the Cooperative Children's Book Center, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison.