Cesar Chavez: Champion for Civil Rights (Rookie Biographies)

By Anne Ross Roome

Book Overview

Meet Cesar Chavez a Mexican-American farmworker and civil rights activist.

Fact-filled Rookie Read-About Biographies introduce the youngest readers to influential women and men, both past and present. Colorful photos and age appropriate text encourage children to read on their own-as they learn about people like Serena Williams, Neil Armstrong, Rosa Parks, Anne Frank and many more. Cesar spent many years picking crops. He worked with his family and a lot of other farmworkers. Cesar never forgot how hard the work was-or how unfairly pickers were treated. As an adult, he fought to improve the lives of all farmworkers in America.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0531226352
• ISBN13: 9780531226353
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: C. Press/F. Watts Trade
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.7" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 6 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 2