Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers

by Sarah E. Warren, Robert Casilla, Sarah Warren

Book Overview

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.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761461078
• ISBN13: 9780761461074
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Two Lions
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.8" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4