A review by calistareads
Working Cotton by Sherley Anne Williams
4.0
This is a story of one girls family and a day in the life of picking cotton. They get to the fields before the sun comes up and then they pick cotton all day long until the sun goes down. They stop for lunch and that is all. That sounds like a tough day to me.
The artwork is acrylic paintings and it is a little blurry, but it does the job of getting the hot sunny days and the endless cotton rows across to the reader. The book transports one into a difficult way of life. We do see the beauty of the day through the eyes of the children. They notice the sky and the clouds and the fact that in a day you spend working all day in the fields, there is still beauty to be had. It's lovely, I think.
The niece couldn’t believe that people would work all day long like that. I told her it happens in many places in this world. She was shocked. She said this was a sad story. The nephew also thought this was a sad story. There was nothing fun about it. I told him that I agreed, there was nothing fun about it. The niece gave this 3 stars and the nephew gave this 2 stars.
The artwork is acrylic paintings and it is a little blurry, but it does the job of getting the hot sunny days and the endless cotton rows across to the reader. The book transports one into a difficult way of life. We do see the beauty of the day through the eyes of the children. They notice the sky and the clouds and the fact that in a day you spend working all day in the fields, there is still beauty to be had. It's lovely, I think.
The niece couldn’t believe that people would work all day long like that. I told her it happens in many places in this world. She was shocked. She said this was a sad story. The nephew also thought this was a sad story. There was nothing fun about it. I told him that I agreed, there was nothing fun about it. The niece gave this 3 stars and the nephew gave this 2 stars.