A review by emvsmith
Working Cotton by Sherley Anne Williams
3.0
Summary (CIP): A young black girl relates the daily events of her family's migrant life in the fields of central California.
Review: This book transports the reader to the unfamiliar world of a migrant working family. At first reading the time period and setting are hard to determine. The text is poetically written in a voice that sounds and feels authentic for this little girl in this time and place. The illustrations are beautiful, bright, and sensitive.
Horn Book liked it, "Byard's mural-like illustrations contribute weight and emotion to Williams's spare, lyrical text."
Publishers Weekly sums up their positive review with the statement, "An auspicious debut."
Review: This book transports the reader to the unfamiliar world of a migrant working family. At first reading the time period and setting are hard to determine. The text is poetically written in a voice that sounds and feels authentic for this little girl in this time and place. The illustrations are beautiful, bright, and sensitive.
Horn Book liked it, "Byard's mural-like illustrations contribute weight and emotion to Williams's spare, lyrical text."
Publishers Weekly sums up their positive review with the statement, "An auspicious debut."