Cesar Chavez: Friend to Farm Workers

Part of the award-winning Beginner Biography series.

Cesar Chavez (1927–1993) was an American labor leader and civil rights activist, co-founding the United Farm Workers (UFW) union. A champion of farmworkers' rights, he organized nonviolent protests and strikes to improve working conditions for agricultural laborers, contributing significantly to advancements in labor rights for farmworkers in the United States.

• Library-bound hardcover: 978-1-63440-969-8
• Softcover: 978-1-63440-970-4

"Through relatively few words and multiple colorful drawings, the life of Cesar Chavez, and the causes he supported, are well handled in this informative biography. Young readers will come away from reading this book with a deeper understanding not only of the life of Cesar Chavez but also what impact brave people can have upon the world they live in."
--Children's Literature / A CLCD Company