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CRRL Kids: Labor Day

These non-fiction works, children's novels, and picture books can help explain the meaning behind the holiday.

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  • Brave Girl

    Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909

    Markel, Michelle
    The true story of a young immigrant who worked hard, went to night school to learn English and eventually led a famous strike by her fellow female garment workers.
    Book, 2013New York : Balzer + Bray, [2013], ©2013. — 331.892 Ma
  • Fannie Never Flinched

    One Woman's Courage in the Struggle for American Labor Union Rights

    Farrell, Mary Cronk
    Fanny Sellins was a union activist who fought and gave her life for equality and labor reform.
    Book, 2016New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2016. — 921 Selli
  • Minnie and Tessa are young friends working in the overcrowded Triangle Factory when disaster strikes. For upper level beginning readers and beyond.
    Paperback, 1996Minneapolis, MN : Millbrook Press, 1996.
  • Mexican migrant workers bring in the harvest in many states which finds its way to family dinner tables. This book tells something of their story.
    Book, 2001New York : Marshall Cavendish, [2001], ©2001. — 331.544 An
  • Kids at Work

    Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor

    Freedman, Russell. 1929-2018
    Award-winning author Russell Freedman uses Hine's historic photos to help tell the story of children forced to work under very dangerous conditions.
    Book, 1994New York : Clarion Books, [1994], ©1994. — 331.3 Fr
  • A Rookie Reader book for early grades that tells the basics of this holiday.
    Book, 2001New York : Children's Press, [2001], ©2001. — 394.264 Br
  • This First Step book gives an overview of Labor Day's history and how it is celebrated today.
    Book, 2009Minneapolis : Lerner, 2009. — 394.264 Ne
  • With only a line or two in a large typeface per page, this book is a logical choice for beginning readers.
    Book, 2003Mankato, Minn. : Pebble Books, [2003], ©2003. — 394.264 Sc
  • In 1843, 10-year-old Lyddie starts to work at a clothing factory in hopes of saving enough money to help buy back her father's farm.
    Book, 1991New York : Lodestar Books, [1991], ©1991. — FICTION Pat
  • Just before he was assassinated, Martin Luther King, Jr. was involved in a strike by sanitation workers. Learn about this history through the eyes of nine-year-old Lorraine, whose father participated in the strike.
    Book, 2018Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, 2018. — FICTION Dun
  • On Our Way to Oyster Bay

    Mother Jones and Her March for Children's Rights

    Kulling, Monica
    Though eight-year-old Aidan and his friend Gussie want to go to school, like many other children in 1903, they work twelve hours, six days a week, at a cotton mill in Pennsylvania instead. So when the millworkers decide to go on strike, the two…
    Book, 2016Toronto, ON : Kids Can Press, 2016. — 331.31 Ku
  • Seeker of Truth

    Kailash Satyarthi's Fight to End Child Labor

    Venkat, Srividhya
    Book, 2024[New York, New York] : Little Bee Books, [2024] — 921 Satya
  • Side by Side

    the Story of Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez = Lado a Lado : La Historia De Dolores Huerta Y César Chávez

    Brown, Monica, 1969-
    A powerful and accesible bilingual picture book that highlights "the power and impact of ordinary but dedicated citizens."
    Book plus Audio, 2021[Fairfax, Virginia] : [Library Ideas, LLC], 2021. — 920 Br
  • Striking Back

    the Fight to End Child Labor Exploitation

    Robinson, J. Dennis
    Traces the history of child labor from the late 1700s to the passage of the Fair Labor Act during the Great Depression.
    Book, 2010Mankato, MN : Compass Point Books, [2010], ©2010. — 331.31 Ro
  • Discover the true story behind Cesar Chavez and the Delano Grape Strike, as he and the National Farm Workers Association set out on an incredible three-hundred-mile protest march in support of farmworkers' rights.
    Graphic Novel, 2021New York, NY : Penguin Workshop, [2021] — 331 Bl