Description |
xii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-293). |
Contents |
Part 1. R Is for Rebel -- 1. Excerpt from The Socialist Primer: A Book of First Lessons for the Little Ones in Words of One Syllable (1908) / Nicholas Klein -- 2. Excerpt from The Socialist Primer (1930) / Art Young -- 3. Selections from "Pioneer Mother Goose" (1934) / Ned Donn -- 4. "A B C for Martin," from Martin's Annual (1935) / M. Boland -- 5. Excerpt from The Black BC's (1970) / Lucille Clifton -- Part 2. Subversive Science and Dramas of Ecology -- 6. Excerpt from Nature Talks on Economics (1912) / Caroline Nelson -- 7. Excerpts from Science and History for Girls an Boys (1932) / William Montgomery Brown -- 8. "The Races of Mankind," from Climbing Our Family Tree (1945) / Alex Novikoff -- 9. The Day They Parachuted Cats on Borneo: A Drama of Ecology / Charlotte Pomerantz -- 10. Red Ribbons for Emma (1981) / New Mexico People & Energy -- Part 3. Work, Workers, and Money -- 11. "Sharecroppers" (1937) / Langston Hughes -- 12. Excerpt from Johnny Get Your Money's Worth (and Jane Too!) / Ruth Brindze -- 13. THe Story of Your Coat (1946) / Clara Hollos -- 14. The Little Tailor (1955) / William Gropper -- 15. Girl Can Be Anything (1973) / Norma Klein -- Part 4. Organize -- 16. "Happy Valley" from The Child's Socialist Reader (1907) / Illustrated by Walter Crane -- 17. "battle in the Barnyard," from Battle in the Barnyard: Stories and Pictures for Workers' Children (1932) / Helen Kay -- 18. "Pickets and Slippery Slicks," from New Poineer Story Book (1935) / Myra Page -- 19. "The Beavers" (1936) / Oscar Saul and Lou Lantz -- 20. "Mary Stays after School or - What This Union's About" (1939) / Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America -- 21. Mr. His: A Children's Story for Anybody (1939) / A. Redfield (Syd Hoff) -- 22. Oscar the Ostrich (1940) / Jerome Schwartz (Jerome Lawrence) -- 23. "Doria Ramirez," from small hands, big hands: Seven Profiles of Chicano Migrant Workers and Their Families (1970) / Sandra Weiner -- Part 5. Imagine -- 24. "Why?" from Fairy Tales for Workers' Children (1925) / Herminia Zur Muhlen -- 25. Excerpt from Funnybone Alley (1927) / Alfred Kreymborg -- 26. The Teacup Whale (1934) / Lydia Gibson -- 27. Geyt a hindele ken Bronzvil [A Little Hen Goes to Brownsville] (1937) / Yehoshua Kaminski -- 28. The Practical Princess (1969) / Jay Williams -- Part 6. History and Heroes -- 29. "American History Retold in Pictures" (1931) / Jack Hardy -- 30. Excerpt from North Star Shining: A Pictorial History of the American Negro (1947) / Hildearde Hoyt Swift -- 31. "Stories for Children," from Freedom (1950-1955) / Linda Lewis, Elsie Robins, and Others -- 32. "Lucretia Mott," from Independent Voices (1968) / Eve Merriam -- 33. "High John the Conqueror," from Black Folktales (1969) / Julius Lester -- Part 7. A Person's a Person -- 34. "A Little Boy in a Big City," from The First Book of Negroes (1952) / Langston Hughes -- 35. "The Sneetches" (1953) / Dr. Seuss -- 36. "Who Stole the Tarts?" from The Pogo Stepmother Goose (1954) / Lewis Carroll -- 37. X: A Fabulous Child's Story (1978) / Lois Gould -- 38. "The Princess Who Stand on Her Own Two Feet," from Stories for Free Children (1982) / Jeanne Desy -- 39. Excerpts from Elizabeth: A Puerto Rican-American Child Tells Her Story (1974) / Joe Molnar -- |
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Part 8. Peace -- 40. "Buster Brown Plays David and Goliath," from Buster Brown Goes Shooting and Other Stories (1907) / R.F.Outcault -- 41. "How Two Sweetheart Dippies Sat in the Moonlight on a Lumber Yard Fence and Heard about the Sooners and the Boomers," from Rootabaga Pigeons (1923) / Carl Sandburg -- 42. In Henry's Backyard: The Races of Mankind (1948) / Ruth Benedict and Gene Weltfish -- 43. Three Promises to You (1957) / Munro Leaf -- 44. Excerpt from Come with Me: Poems, Guessing Poems, and Dance Poems for Young People (1963) / Edith Segal |
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Children and politics -- Literary collections.
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Children and politics. |
Genre/Form |
Literary collections.
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Subject |
Children's literature, American.
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Children's literature, American. |
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American literature -- 20th century.
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American literature. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Children's literature, American -- Political aspects.
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Children's literature, American -- Social aspects.
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Social aspects. |
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Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Politics and literature. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Radicalism in literature.
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Radicalism in literature. |
Genre/Form |
Literature.
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Literature.
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Added Author |
Mickenberg, Julia L.
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Nel, Philip, 1969-
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ISBN |
9780814757208 cl alkaline paper |
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0814757200 cl alkaline paper |
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