num_pages: 32
description: A 1993 Caldecott Honor BookThis 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
language: English
title: Working Cotton
titlecomplete: Working Cotton
genres: Kids, Cultural, Picture Books, Childrens, Multicultural Literature, African American, Family, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 742
places: California
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Caldecott Medal, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Coretta Scott King Book Award
category: Illustrator Honor
publisher: Clarion Books