3 Books For Your TBR Pile: In Honor Of Cesar Chavez

Cesario Estrada Chavez (Cesar Chavez) was born on March 31, 1927, in Yuma, Arizona. He began working in agriculture as a child and remained a key person in the fight for farm workers’ rights until his death on April 23, 1993. 

During his lifetime, Cesar Chavez worked alongside Dolores Huerta and Gilbert Padilla to found the National Farm Workers Association. This organization later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee to become the United Farm Workers Labor Union. 

Every year, the nation celebrates the contributions of Cesar Chavez on his birthday. Here are three books to add to your TBR pile if you want to learn more about this civil rights activist. 

A Picture Book of Cesar Chavez by David A. Adler and Michael S. Adler

Cesar Chavez began his life as a farm worker before he was a teenager. A Picture Book of Cesar Chavez highlights his journey in agriculture as a child and presents the issues that drove Chavez to be an activist so small children can understand the importance of advocacy. 

Who Was Cesar Chavez? by Dana Meachen Rau 

Dana Meachen Rau gives a biography of Cesar Chavez that children between the ages of eight and 10 years old can appreciate in Who Was Cesar Chavez?. 

The Words of Cesar Chavez by Richard J. Jensen (ed.) and John C. Hammerback (ed.) 

What better way to learn about someone than by reading their words? The Words of Cesar Chavez delivers some of the most impactful speeches of the civil rights activist through a structure that sheds light on his goals. Richard J. Jensen and John C. Hammerback divide the collection into sections so the reader can better appreciate the context of Chavez’s speeches. 

Which of these books do you plan to add to your TBR pile?