
Pre-Owned ¡Sí, Se Puede! / Yes, We Can!: Janitor Strike in L.A. (Paperback) 093831789X 9780938317890
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- Title: ¡Sí, Se Puede! / Yes, We Can!: Janitor Strike in L.A.
- Book Format: Paperback
- ISBN10: 093831789X
- EAN: 9780938317890
- Genre: JUVENILE FICTION / Business, Careers, Occupations
- Author: Cohn, Diana
- Pre-Owned Condition- Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.
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- Book formatPaperback
- Fiction/nonfictionFiction
- GenreChildren's Books
- Publication dateJanuary, 2005
- Pages32
- EditionStandard Edition
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When the janitors' union strikes for better wages, Carlitos discovers a way to help his mother in this powerful bilingual picture book.
Cuando el sindicato de conserjes organiza una huelga para exigir mejores salarios, Carlitos descubre una manera en que le puede ayudar a su madre en este poderoso libro ilustrado bilingüe.
Carlitos's mother is a janitor. Every night, he sleeps while his mother cleans one of the skyscrapers in downtown L.A. When she comes home, she waves Carlitos off to school before she goes to sleep. One night, his mamá explains that she can't make enough money to support him and his abuelita the way they need unless she makes more money as a janitor. She and the other janitors have decided to go on strike. Will he support her and help her all he can?
Of course, Carlitos wants to help but he cannot think of a way until his teacher, Miss Lopez, explains in class how her own grandfather had fought for better wages for farmworkers when he first came to the United States. Finally, Carlitos knows how he can show his mamá how proud he is of her. He and the other children in his class make posters and Carlitos joins the marchers with a very special sign for his mom!
Backmatter includes an interview by Luis J. Rodriguez (Always Running), discussing the real "Justice for Janitors" strike in 2000 with a union organizer who participated, as well as a poem inspired by it.
La mamá de Carlitos es conserje. Cada noche mientras él duerme su mamá limpia un edificio en el centro de L.A. Una noche su mamá le explica que al menos que gane más como conserje, no va tener el dinero suficiente para mantenerlo a él y a su abuelita como ella quisiera. Ella y los otros conserjes han decidido entrar en huelga. Acaso él la apoyará y ayudará en todo lo que pueda? Claro, Carlitos quiere ayudar, pero no sabe cómo hasta que ve a su mamá en la televisión dando un discurso en favor de la huelga. Al final, Carlitos encuentra la manera de enseñarle a su mamá lo orgulloso que esta de ella. Él y su compañeros de clase hacen carteles y Carlitos se une a la marcha con un cartel muy especial para su mamá!
Sí, se puede! incluye un ensayo escrito por el aclamado autor Luis J. Rodríguez sobre Dolores Sánchez, una de las mujeres involucradas en la verdadera Huelga de Conserjes de L.A. El libro también incluye un poema de Rodríguez e información sobre sindicatos.
- Title: ¡Sí, Se Puede! / Yes, We Can!: Janitor Strike in L.A.
- Book Format: Paperback
- ISBN10: 093831789X
- EAN: 9780938317890
- Genre: JUVENILE FICTION / Business, Careers, Occupations
- Author: Cohn, Diana
- Pre-Owned Condition- Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.
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