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Working Cotton - Softcover

Williams, Sherley Anne

 
9780152014827: Working Cotton

Synopsis

This child's view of the long day's work in the cotton fields, simply expressed in a poet's resonant language, is a fresh and stirring look at migrant family life.'With its restrained poetic text and impressionist paintings, this is a picture book for older readers, too.'--Booklist

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About the Authors

An award-winning fiction writer, playwright, and poet, Sherley Anne Williams (1944-1999) is best known for her widely acclaimed novel Dessa Rose. Her interest in children's literature was nurtured by story-telling sessions for her son, Malcolm, and his friends.

Working Cotton is based on poems from The Peacock Poems, a National Book Award nominee, and his her first book for children.

Carole Byard (1941-2017) was an artist and illustrator whose books for children twice won the Coretta Scott King award.

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