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Broyles, Anne Loh-Hagan, Virginia Rau, Dana Meachen Seidman, William Henry. Sendak, Maurice.Loh-Hagan, Virginia
Summary: "The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Larry "Seven Fingers" Itliong, a Filipino American labor organizer, in a simple, age-appropriate way that helps children develop word recognition and reading skills. The series celebrates diversity, covering women and men from a range of backgrounds and professions including immigrants and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry Lake Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ITLRau, Dana Meachen
Summary: Presents an account of the life of the Mexican American labor activist who helped organize the migrant farm workers and establish a union to fight for their rights.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET CHAVEZSeidman, William Henry.
Contents: Follow your stars to a brighter future -- Reach for your stars -- Discover and describe: the detective -- Transform for brilliance -- Motivate the rest to be like the best -- Own your own learning -- Learning to lead -- Distribute globally, act locally -- Experience a real-world executive program -- Unleash the suppressed energy of frontline managers -- Drive cultural change with individual...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3 SEISummary: Solidarity! All for One and One for All!₄ Founded in Chicago in 1905, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) took to organizing unskilled workers into one big union and changed the course of American history. This compelling documentary of the IWW (or The Wobblies' as they were known) tells the story of workers in factories, sawmills, wheat fields, forests, mines, and on the docks as they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WOBBroyles, Anne
Summary: "A picture book biography of American folk artist and labor organizer Ralph Fasanella. When dared to jump, Ralph always took the dare. So begins this loving tribute to a singular artist and his tireless efforts to honor and celebrate immigrant and working-class communities through his paintings."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FASCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB FASANELLA BROSendak, Maurice.
Summary: À force de faire bêtise sur bêtise dans son terrible costume de loup, Max s'est retrouvé puni et enfermé dans sa chambre. Mais pas seulement. Voilà qu'il se retrouve aussi roi d'une armée de bêtes immondes, les Maximonstres. Max le maudit les a domptés. Ils sont griffus, dentus, poilus, vivent sur une île et ne savent rien faire que des sarabandes, des fêtes horribles où il n'y a rien à manger....
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Publisher / Publication Date: L'Ecole des loisirs 2017