num_pages: 32
description: Shelan, the young child of two migrant workers, follows her parents into the fields to help them pick cotton during a long day of work, in a dramatically illustrated study of migrant family life. By the author of Dessa Rose.
language: English
title: Working Cotton
titlecomplete: Working Cotton
genres: Cultural, Family, Fiction, Picture Books, Kids, Multicultural Literature, Childrens, Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction, African American
ratings_count: 742
places: California
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Caldecott Medal, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Coretta Scott King Book Award
category: Illustrator Honor
publisher: Harcourt Brace & Company