Working Cotton by Sherley Anne Williams is a book about a day of doing work picking cotton. The story is written from the perspective of a young girl whose family works laboring the land. She talks about their early journey to the fields in the morning and their return to home late at night. The illustrations are beautifully crafted and you can get a sense of the hardships of working as a family in the fields. The young girl does not enjoy spending her days laboring in the hot, blistering sun but she makes the best of it. The father in the family is a very hardworker, he reminds me of my dad. I thought this was a good story that gives you perspective on what it is like to do work that involves labor.
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