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Labor Day
by Mir Tamim Ansary
Introduces Labor Day, explaining the historical events behind it, how it became a holiday, and how it is observed.
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Let's celebrate Labor Day
by Barbara DeRubertis
Provides information on the growth of the labor movement and the Labor Day holiday, including when and how people celebrate Labor Day
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Labor Day
by Meredith Dash
Introduces the holiday of Labor Day and how and why it is celebrated in the United States.
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Labor Day
by Carmen Bredeson
Introduces the holiday, discusses its origins and the beginnings of the labor movement, and explains how it is celebrated.
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Labor Day
by Rebecca Rissman
Introduces Labor Day, including the origins of the labor movement and of the holiday, why it is important, and how it is celebrated today
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Labor Day
by Mari C. Schuh
Simple text and photographs describe the history of Labor Day and how this holiday, which honors people who work, is celebrated in the United States
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Who was Cesar Chavez?
by Dana Meachen Rau
Illustrated biographies featuring a range of fascinating figures from history (and current figures, too!) provide great information and entertainment through short chapters and illustrations that will appeal to reluctant readers as well as middle readers in general.
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Brave girl : Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909
by Michelle Markel
An account of immigrant Clara Lemlich's pivotal role in the influential 1909 women laborer's strike describes how she worked grueling hours to acquire an education and support her family before organizing a massive walkout to protest the unfair working conditions in New York's garment district.
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Which side are you on? : the story of a song
by George Ella Lyon
"Which Side Are You On? tells the story of a song which was written in 1931 by Florence Reece in a rain of bullets. Florence's husband Sam was a coal miner in Kentucky. Miners went on strike until they could get better pay, safer working conditions, and health care. The company hired thugs to attack the organizers like Sam Reece. Writer George Ella Lyon tells this hair-raising story through the eyes of one of Florence's daughters, a dry-witted pig-tailed gal, whose vantage point is from under the bed with her six brothers and sisters. The thugs' bullets hit the thin doors and windows of the company house, the kids lying low wonder whether they're going to make it out of this alive, wonder exactly if this strike will make their lives better or end them, but their mother keeps scribbling and singing. "We need a song," she tells her kids. That's not at all what they think they need."
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Harvesting hope : the story of Cesar Chavez
by Kathleen Krull
After living a difficult childhood as the son of parents who worked hard as poor, migrant workers in the fields of California, young Cesar took the initiative to change the system through a series of non-violent protests that helped improve the working conditions for thousands.
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Mother Jones : labor leader
by Connie Colwell Miller
This series of high-interest, low reading level biographies choronicles the lives of inspiring individuals using a vivid, graphic-novel format that will capture the attention of reluctant readers.
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