Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
 Top notch, two thumbs up, and other cries of adulation.: In her author's note, Kathleen Krull points out that Cesar Chavez continues to remain a controversial figure in the United States today. The fact of the matter is, he followed perfectly in the [... more]
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Four Seasons Autumn Songs
More Outstanding Family Music From John: John McCutcheon's music is inspiring, uplifting, creative, and just plain fun. Nothing captures the seasons quite like the albums in this series. "The Pumpkin Man" is one of my kids' favorite songs, and & [... more]
CDN$19.99
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Just a Minute!: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book
Wait a minute, wait a minute: Yuyi Morales is having a great year. After creating a series of deft and meaningful illustrations for Kathleen Krull's heartfelt Cesar Chavez picture book, "Harvesting Hope", she wrote and illustrated a second 2003 [... more]
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Christ in the Margins
A living tradition of holy women and men: This handsome book can be enjoyed in diverse ways: meditating on Lentz' beautiful contemporary icons or pondering the penetrating and provocative reflections by Edwina Gateley following each of the eight groups [... more]
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Grapes Of Wrath (1940)
Amazon.com Essential Video: Ranking No. 21 on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 greatest American films, this 1940 classic is a bit dated in its noble sentimentality, but it remains a luminous example of Hollywood classicism from the peerless [... more]
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The Better World Handbook: From Good Intentions to ...
Simple changes in our lives can make a big difference.: The Better World Handbook is an amazing guide to healthy everyday living. It has information on how to better ourselves individually and how we can include ourselves in the community to make it a [... more]
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Gathering the Sun: An Alphabet in Spanish and English
The colors and mood of the book is earth-embracing.: I found this book to be breath taking in color and content. My childhood came rushing back and many memories. The symbolism in portraying Cesar Chavez and the earth as one was well done. The colors [... more]
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The American Century
From Amazon.com: Although most of this sprawling book is set in the 20th century, it begins on April 29, 1889, when Benjamin Harrison commemorated the first centennial of American government. This 11-year jump-start allows Harold Evans to write about the [... more]
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Cesar Chavez
Author: Jeff C. Young Binding: Library Binding Dewey Decimal Number: 331.8813092 EAN: 9781599350363 ISBN: 159935036X Number Of Pages: 160 Publication Date: 2007-03 Reading Level: Young Adult [... more]
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The Moral Vision of Cesar Chavez
A companero to us all: Frederick John Dalton is to be congratulated for this beautifully written and spiritually inspiring study of the moral vision that underlay Cesar Chavez's activism. Following in the tradition of Jesus, Dorothy Day and the Catholic [... more]
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First Day in Grapes
Less than perfect, sad to say: Oog. I always have a great deal of difficulty giving poor reviews to books that fill a need. And I especially find it hard to give a tough review to a book that not only tells a tale about a boy of Latin American descent, [... more]
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Iconic America: A Roller-Coaster Ride through the ...
Symbols of a perfect life: Though the cover line refers to `A roller-coaster ride through the eye-popping panorama of American pop culture' the book, fortunately, has a much further reach than just pop. With about four hundred subjects covered and [... more]
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