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1) Big tractor
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Farmer uses his tractor, Ol' Partner, to do all of his important farm chores, including planting, cultivating, and harvesting.
Author
Language
Español
Appears on list
Description
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
Author
Series
Malaika stories volume 4
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Malaika learns about her father, who came to Canada as a migrant farm worker when she was a just a baby and who shared her love of carnival. Malaika dreams about a man with a basket of fruit and guesses that the dream is about her father. Mummy explains that her daddy passed away long ago, and Grandma decides it's time Malaika knew more about her father's life. The family drives to a far-off farm where they receive a warm welcome and visit the orchard...
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Miller Sanford has tried to prove himself mature enough to be on his own at the annual fair, but instead he is handed responsibility for his six-year-old sister and her friends, leading to a series of mysteries and mishaps.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
2023 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 4 & 5
Books You May Have Missed 2022: Combined
Titles Worth Trying: Historical Fiction [Grades 3-5]
Books You May Have Missed 2022: Combined
Titles Worth Trying: Historical Fiction [Grades 3-5]
Description
Lula, a farm-working girl with big dreams, meets Dolores Huerta, Larry Itliong, and other labor rights activists and joins the 1965 protest for workers' rights.
Lula Viramontes dreams of one day becoming someone whom no one can ignore: a daring ringleader in a Mexican traveling carpa, despite her father's traditional views of what girls should be. When her family arrives for the grape harvest in Delano, California, Lula meets activist Dolores Huerta...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A heartwarming tale of a girl waiting for her beloved Papá to return when the monarchs fly south to their home in Mexico. Lucía loves to watch the monarchs' migration from her home in Mexico with Papá. But this year, the monarchs' journey north holds extra weight; Papá is heading north, too, to look for work. He promises her that when "the weather turns cold and the monarcas return, our winged ancestors will guide me home." So while he spends...
Author
Publisher
Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Español
Description
Lula Viramonte anhela ser una persona a la que nadie pueda ignorar. Por eso quiere ser directora de en un circo ambulante mexicano. Pero perseguir los sueños es difícil cuando hay que trabajar en la cosecha de uva en Delano, California; cuidar a la madre enferma y a los hermanos, evitar que se desate el temperamento volátil de papá. Entonces Lula conoce a Dolores Huerta, Larry Itliong y a otros activistas por los derechos de los agricultores y...
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