Child Labor Bibliography
Compiled by Elizabeth Heilman
Cheap Raw Materials: How the Youngest Workers are Exploited and Abused
by Milton Meltzer. New York: Viking, 1994.
A fine history of child labor in the United States and how the problem persists today. Gr. 5/up.
Child Labor: A Selection of Materials on Children in the Workplace
compiled by the American Federation of Teachers, International Affairs Dept., 555 New Jersey Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20001-2079 ( iadaft@aol.com ) (single copy, $1).
Includes a number of articles that could be useful with students, e.g., "Child Labor in Pakistan," by Jonathan Silvers; and "Six Cents an Hour," by Sydney Schanberg.
Child Labor: A World History Companion
Sandy Hobbs, Jim McKechnie, and Michael Lavalette. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1999.
A one-volume encyclopedia on child labor organized alphabetically. Good library resource.
Child Labor in America
edited by Juliet Mofford. Carlisle, MA: Discovery Enterprises, Ltd. 1997.
A short collection of first person and primary source material on child labor. 4th grade and up.
A Children's Chorus: Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of the Rights of the Child
by UNICEF
Exploitation of Children
by Judith Ennew. Austin, TX: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1997.
An internationalist perspective that describes both the conditions and types of child exploitation along with efforts by people organizing against it.
Iqbal Masih and the Crusaders Against Child Slavery
by Susan Kuklin. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1998.
An excellent biography that sets the short life of Iqbal Masih in the context of the historic struggle against child labor. Gr. 5/up.
Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor
by Russell Freedman. New York: Clarion Books, 1994.
An impressive collection of Hine's photos and an accessible description of his life work. Students will be amazed by his photographs.
Listen to Us: The World's Working Children
by Jane Springer. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1997.
A beautifully done book with impressive photos that clearly lays out the story of child labor in the world and how people are fighting against it.
Mother Jones and the March of the Mill Children
by Penny Colman. Brookfield, CN: Millbrook Press, 1994.
A story book with quality photos that tells of the historic march against child labor in 1903.
One Day We Had to Run
Sybella Wilkes. Brookfield, CN: Millbrook Press, 1994.
Child refugees from Sudan, Somalia, and Ethiopia tell their stories in words and paintings.
Stolen Dreams: Portraits of Working Children
by David Parker. Minneapolis, MN: Learner Publications Co., 1998.
Striking black and white photos of children working throughout the world. Accompanying text includes many primary sources with children describing their working conditions, struggles and dreams.
Voices from the Fields: Children of Migrant Farm Workers Tell Their Stories
by S. Beth Atkin. Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1993.
Interviews and photographs that describe the reality of child labor in American fields.
We Have Marched Together: The Working Children's Crusade
by Stephen Currie. Minneapolis, MN: Learner Publications, 1997.
A description of the 1903 march against child labor led by Mother Jones in which children marched from from Kensington, PA to Oyster Bay, New York. Quality photos and inspirational quotes from Mother Jones. Gr. 5/up.
We the Children
UNICEF. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1990.
Photographs by the world's leading photojournalists show diverse children at play, school, work, and rest.
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