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On Our Way to Oyster Bay: Mother Jones and Her March for Children’s Rights (CitizenKid)

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Though eight-year-old Aidan and his friend Gussie wish to go to school, like many other children in 1903, they work twelve hours, six days a week, at a cotton mill in Pennsylvania as a substitute. So when the millworkers make a decision to go on strike, the two friends sign up for the picket line. Possibly now life will change for them. But when a famous labor reformer named Mother Jones comes to hear of the millworkers’ demands, she tells them they wish to do more than just strike. ?Troubled by all she had seen, Mother Jones wanted to end child labor. But what could she do? Why, organize a children’s march and bring the message right to President Theodore Roosevelt at his summer home in Oyster Bay, of course!?

Written by Monica Kulling, with vibrant illustrations by Felicita Sala, this nonfiction picture book uses an entertaining story about fictitious characters to bring a real event in history to vivid life. The real march raised awareness across North The usa and contributed to the passage of the first child labor laws. It offers a very good model for how bizarre people, including children, can make a difference by standing up for what’s right. For lesson planning, there’s more about Mother Jones, the march and child labor laws at the end of the book. There’s also information about child labor today and concrete suggestions for getting involved and helping, making this book perfect for discussions about social justice, activism and citizenship.

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