| Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor Contributor(s): Freedman, Russell (Author) |
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ISBN: 0395797268 ISBN-13: 9780395797266 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $10.79 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1998 Annotation: Hine, an investigative reporter for the National Child Labor Committee, took photographs that provided dramatic visual evidence that the U.S. needed laws against child labor. Features Hines' groundbreaking photos, along with text by Newbery Honor Winner Freedman. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Science - Politics & Government - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Science - Sociology - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 93005989 |
| Lexile Measure: 1140 |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 9.9" W x 8.44" (0.91 lbs) 104 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 11820 Reading Level: 7.5 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Photobiography of early twentieth-century photographer and schoolteacher Lewis Hine, using his own work as illustrations. Hines's photographs of children at work were so devastating that they convinced the American people that Congress must pass child labor laws. |
Contributor Bio(s): Freedman, Russell: - RUSSELL FREEDMAN received the Newbery Medal for Lincoln: A Photobiography. He is also the recipient of three Newbery Honors, a National Humanities Medal, the Sibert Medal, the Orbis Pictus Award, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, and was selected to give the 2006 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture. Mr. Freedman lives in New York City and travels widely to research his books. |