Williams, Sherley Anne, 1944-

Working cotton / written by Sherley Anne Williams ; illustrated by Carole Byard. - 1st Voyager Books ed. - San Diego, Calif. : Voyager Books, 1997, c1992. - [32] p. : col. ill. ; 23 x 28 cm.

"The text of Working Cotton is based on the poems "The trimming of the feathers" and "Conejo," originally published in The Peacock poems by Sherley Anne Williams"--T.p. verso.

A young black girl relates the daily events of her family's migrant life in the cotton fields of central California.

ISBN: 0152996249 0152014829 0152014829 : $7.00 ($10.00 Can.) 0152014829 (pbk)

LCCN: 91021586

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Migrant labor--Fiction.
Cotton picking--Fiction.
Family--Fiction.
Afro-Americans--Fiction.
Family life--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.W668174 / Wo PZ7.W668174 / Wo 1997

Dewey Class. No.: [E]