Mother Jones and Her Army of Mill Children
$40.53
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
25 February 2020
Summary
A stunning picture book about Mary “Mother” Jones and the 100 children who marched from Philadelphia to New York in a fiery protest against child labor.
Here’s the inspiring story of the woman who raised her voice and fist to protect kids’ childhoods and futures—and changed America forever. Mother Jones is MAD, and she wants you to be MAD TOO, and stand up for what’s right!
Told in first-person, New York Times bestselling author Jonah Winter and acclaimed illustrator Nancy Car…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780449812914 |
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| ISBN-10: | 044981291X |
| Author: | Jonah Winter |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Children's Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 25 February 2020 |
| Weight: | 552g |
| Dimensions: | 270mm x 292mm |
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Critics Review
Praise for Mother Jones and Her Army of Mill Children:
“A stellar introduction to an important and ongoing social issue.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Winter’s affirmative text, paired with Carpenter’s dramatic art featuring an insistent Mother, dramatically demonstrate both the injustice and determination.” —Booklist, starred review
“Adroitly capture[s] both the grim reality of children at work and the irresistible hope of people coming together to demand change.” —Publishers Weekly
“The theme—that progress is worth fighting for and may not show immediate success—is there for the taking.” —The Horn Book
“An engaging topic for starting discussion of child labor in America’s past and the worldwide child-labor abuses that continue today.” —The Bulletin
Praise for Jonah Winter’s Elvis is King!:
“Readers will want to pore over this thoroughly engaging volume.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
”[A] sly, rollicking picture book bio of Elvis Presley and his rise from mic-shy blond tyke to teen dreamboat with product-infused raven hair who turned his stage-fright trembling into iconic sex appeal” —The Bulletin, starred review
Praise for Nancy Carpenter’s A Letter to My Teacher:
“A valuable lesson in empathy, internalized and paid forward.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Hopkinson’s moving epistolary text and Carpenter’s emotionally incisive flashbacks chronicle the evolving relationship between an impulsive second grader and her life-changing teacher.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
About The Author
Jonah Winter
Jonah Winter is the award-winning author of more than forty nonfiction picture books that promote environmental awareness and social and racial justice. Among them are Here Comes the Garbage Barge!; Ruth Bader Ginsburg- The Case of R.B.G. vs. Inequality; My Name is James Madison Hemings; Barack; The Founding Fathers!; and Lillian’s Right to Vote, a Jane Addams Children’s Book Award recipient and Kirkus Prize finalist.
Nancy Carpenter is the illustrator of many books for children, including A Letter to My Teacher, by Deborah Hopkinson; Balderdash!- John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children’s Books by Michelle Merckel; and Dear Mr. Washington by Lynn Cullen, called “hilarious and bright, with clever attention to detail,” by School Library Journal in a starred review. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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