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May Day

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May 01, 2024 | Filed in Blogs

In commemoration of International Workers' Day, or May Day, here are some book reviews and links to amplify the fight of workers and their efforts to secure better working conditions for all.

Review of I’m Gonna Paint: Ralph Fasanella, Artist of the People by Anne Broyles; illus. by Victoria Tentler-Krylov
Review of A Seed in the Sun by Aida Salazar
Review of Three Strike Summer by Skyler Schrempp
Review of Underground Fire: Hope, Sacrifice, and Courage in the Cherry Mine Disaster by Sally M. Walker
Review of Thanks to Frances Perkins: Fighter for Workers’ Rights by Deborah Hopkinson; illus. by Kristy Caldwell
Review of Mother Jones and Her Army of Mill Children by Jonah Winter; illus. by Nancy Carpenter
Review of Undocumented: A Worker's Fight by Duncan Tonatiuh and Calling Caldecott blog post
Review of Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909 by Michelle Markel; illus. by Melissa Sweet
Review of Lion Island: Cuba’s Warrior of Words by Margarita Engle
Review of Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal by Margarita Engle
Review of Taking Hold: From Migrant Childhood to Columbia University by Francisco Jiménez
The Circuit: Author Francisco Jiménez’s 1999 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction Award Speech
Recommended reading on "the circuit"
Labor and labor movements booklist

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