Picture Books about Labor and Unions

Ackerman, Karen (1994). By the Dawn's Early Light. Illustrated by Catherine Stock. New York: Atheneum. 
Altman, Linda Jacobs. (1995). Amelia's Road. Illustrated by Enrique O. Sanchez. New York: Lee & LowBooks.
Ancona, George. (2001). Harvest. Cavendish Square Publishing.
Brown, Don. (2004). Kid Blink Beats the World. New York Roaring Brook Press.
Brown, Monica. (2009). Side by Side/Lado a Lado: The Story of Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez/La Historia de Dolores Huerta y Cesar Chavez.  Illustrated by Joe Cepeda. New York: HarperCollins.
Carter, Anne Laurel. 2008. Out of the Deeps. Illustrated by Nicholas Debon. Orca Book Publishers.
Cohn, Diana. (2000). Si Se Puede/Ys We Can: Janitor Strike in L.A. Illustrated by Francisco Delgado. El Paso, TX: Cinco Punta Press.
Daly, Niki. (2012). The Herd Boy. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers.
Garland, Sherry. (1998). My Father's Boat. Illustrated by Ted Rand New York: Orchard.
Hall, Donald. (1983). The Ox-Cart Man. Illustrated by Barbara Cooney. New York: Puffin.
Herrera, Juan Felipe. (2001). Calling the Doves/El canto de las palomas. Illustrated by Elly Simmons. New York: Lee & LowBooks.
Kurusa. (2008). The Streets are Free.Illustrated by Monika Doppert. Buffalo, NY: Annick Press.
Krull, Kathleen. (2003). Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez. Illustrated by Yuyi Morales. San Diego, CA: Harcourt.
Lyon, George Ella. (2011). Which Side Are You On?: The Story of a Song. Illustrated by Christopher Cardinale. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press.
Malaspina, Ann. (2010). Yasmin's Hammer. Illustrated by Doug Chayka. New York: Lee & Low Books.
Markel, Michelle. (2013). Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909. Illustrated by Melissa Sweet. New York: Balzar + Bray.
McCully, Emily Arnold. (1996). The Bobbin Girl. New York: Dial.
Mora, Pat. (2000). Tomás and the Library Lady. Illustrated by Raul Colón. New York: Dragonfly.
Perez, L. King. (2002). First Day in the Grapes. Illustrated by Robert Cassila. New York: Lee & low Books.
Shea, Pegi Deitz. (2003). The Carpet Boy's Gift. Illustrated by Leane Morin. Gardiner, ME: Tilbury House Publishers.
Smothers, Ethel Footman. (2003). The Hard-Times Jar. Illustrated by John Holyfield. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Trottier, Maxine.(2011). Migrant. Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books.
Wallace, Ian. (2000). Duncan's Way. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books.
Wallace, Ian. (1999). Boy of the Deeps.Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books.
Warren, Sarah E.(2012). Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers. Illustrated by Robert Casilla. Tarrytown, NY: Two Lions.
Williams, Sherely Anne. (1997). Working Cotton. Illustrated by Carole Byard. New York: HMH Books.
Yin. (2003). Coolies. Illustrated by Chris Soentpiet. New York: Puffin.