Work Matrix(updated August 2006)

Author /

Title

/

Type

/

Level

/ Child Labor / Historical / Migrant Labor /

Type of Work

/ Unemployment
Ackerman, Karen / By Dawn’s Early Light / F, P / 1 / Factory worker, working mother
Atkin, S. Beth / Voices from the Fields / NF / 2 / X
Bang, Molly / Nobody Particular / NF / 2 / fishing, activist
Bartoletti, Susan / Black Potatoes / NF / 3 / X / Farming, Irish famine / X
Bartone, Elisa / Peppe the Lamplighter / F, P / 1 / X / lamplighter
Bateman, Robert / Safari / NF, P / 2 / naturalist
Bial, Raymond / Ghost Towns / NF, Ph / 2 / X / cowboys, homesteaders
Bial, Raymond / Tenement / NF / 2 / architecture
Biel, Karen / Fire in Their Eyes / NF, P / 2 / forest firefighters
Blumberg, Rhoda / Full Steam Ahead / Nf, Ph / 3 / railroad
Bohn, Paul / Written in Bones / NF / 3 / archeology
Bolden, Tanya / Wake Up Our Souls / Bio, P / 2 / X / African American artists
Bolden, Tanya / And Not Afraid to Dare / Bio, Ph / 3 / variety
Brandenburg, Jim / American Safari, An / NF, Ph / 2 / photographer
Buell, Janet / Bog Bodies / NF, Ph / 2 / archeology
Bunting, Eve / A Day’s Work / F, P / 1 / X / day laborer / X
Bunting, Eve / Dandelions / F, P / 1 / X / pioneer
Bunting, Eve / Fly Away Home / F, P / 1 / X
Burleigh, Robert / Black Whiteness / NF, P / 2 / scientist, explorer
Carlson, Laurie / Boss of the Plains / F, P / 1 / X / inventor, cowboys
Cherman, Beverly / Mysterious Dr. Rontgen, The / NF, P / 2 / scientist
Cohn, Diana / Si, Se Puede (Yes, We Can!) / NF, P / 2 / X / janitors
Colman, Penny / Rosie, the Riveter / NF, Ph / 3 / factory workers, women
Colman, Penny / Where the Action Was / NF, Ph / 3 / X / war correspondents
Connor, Leslie / Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel / F, P / 2 / X / X / farmer’s wife
Cooper, Michael / Hell Fighters / NF, Ph / 2 / soldier
Cummings, Pat & Cummings, Linda / Talking with Adventurers / NF, Ph / 2 / scientists, naturalists
Curtis, Gavin / Bat Boy and His Violin, The / F, P / 1 / musician
Cushman, Karen / Matilda Bone / F / 3 / X / bonesetter
Cushman, Karen / Midwife’s Apprentice, The / F / 3 / X / midwife
Dash, Joan / Longitude Prize, The / NF / 3 / X / clockmaker, scientist
Deford, Frank / Heart of Champions, The / NF, Ph / 2 / athletes
Dommermuth-Costa, Carol / Nikola Testa / NF, / 3 / scientist
Duggleby, John / Artist in Overalls / Bio, P / 3 / artist
Duggleby, John / Story Painter / Bio, P / 2 / artist
DuTemple, / Pantheon, The / NF, P / 2 / X / architecture
Farmer, Nancy / Casey Jones’s Fireman / F, P / 1 / railroad
Foreman, Michael / After the War Was Over / Bio, P / 2 / artist
Fredeen, Charles / Nellie Bly / Bio, Ph / 2 / journalist
Freedman, Russell / Immigrant Kids / NF, Ph / 2 / X / X
Freedman, Russell / In the Days of the Vaqueros / NF, Ph / 2 / X / cowboys
Freedman, Russell / Kids At Work / NF, Ph / 2 / X / X / factory workers
Geisert, Bonnie / Haystack / F, P / 1 / farming
George-Warren, Holly / Shake, Rattle, and Roll / Bio, P / 1 / singer
Giblin, James Cross / Chimney Sweeps / NF, P / 2 / X / chimney sweep
Giblin, James Cross / When Plague Strikes / NF / 3 / scientist
Gillette, J. Lynett / Dinosaur Ghosts / NF, P / 2 / paleontologist
Goffstein, M. B. / Lives of the Artists / Bio, Poetry / 1 / artists
Gray, Libba Moore / My Mama Had a Dancing Heart / F, P / 1 / dancer
Greenberg, Jan / Action Jackson / Bio, Ph / 1 / artist
Greenberg, Jan & Jordan, Sandra / Chuck Close Up Close / Bio, P / 2 / artist, disability
Guarieri, Paolo / Boy Named Giotto, A / Bio, P / 1 / X / artist
Hall, Donald / Farm Summer 1942, The / F, P / 1 / farming
Halperin, Wendy / Once Upon a Company / NF, P / 1 / X / learning about work
Hansen, Joyce / Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence / NF, Ph / 2 / scientist, archeology/anthropology
Harness, Cheryl / Amazing, Impossible Erie Canal, The / NF, P / 1 / construction
Hendershot, Judith / In Coal Country / F, P / 1 / coal miner
Herrera, Juan / Calling the Doves / Bio, Poetry, bilingual, P / 1 / X
High, Linda / Beekeepers / F, P / 1 / beekeeper
Hopkinson, Deborah / Fannie in the Kitchen / Bio, P / 1 / professional cook, cookbook writer
Hopkinson, Deborah / Shutting Out the Sky / NF, Ph / 3 / architecture
Hunter, Mollie / Mermaid Summer, The / F / 2 / scientist, linguist
Jackson, Donna / Bone Detectives, The / NF, P / 2 / anthropologist
Jemison, Mae / Find Where the Wind Goes / NF / 2 / astronaut
Jennings, Terry / Cranes, Dump Trucks, Bulldozers and Other Building Machines / NF, P / 1 / construction
Jiminez, Francisco / Christmas Gift, The / F, P / 2 / X / X
Jiminez, Francisco / Circuit, The / Bio / 3 / X / X
Johnson, Angela / Those Building Men / F, P / 1 / construction
Jordan, Sandra / Christmas Tree Farm, The / NF, P / 1 / farming
Ketchum, Liza / Gold Rush, The / NF, Ph / 2 / mining
Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie / Gifts from the Sea / F / 3 / X / lighthouse keeper
Kramer, Stephan / Eye of the Storm / NF, Ph / 2 / meteorologist
Kramer, Stephan / Theodoric’s Rainbow / Bio, P / 1 / scientist
Krensky, Stephan / Breaking into Print / NF, P / 1 / printer
Krull, Kathleen / Harvesting Hope: The Story of Caesar Chavez / Bio, P / 1 / X / activist
Krull, Kathleen / Lives of the Athletes / Bio, P / 2 / athletes
Kuhn, Betsy / Angels of Mercy / NF, Ph / 2 / nurses
Kurelek, William / They Sought a New World / F, P / 1 / settlers, farmers
Lasky, Kathryn / Marven of the Great North Woods / F, P / 1 / logger
Leacock, Elspeth & Buckley, Susan / Places in Time / NF, P / 1 / X / variety
Lee, George / Interesting Athletes: Black American Sports Heroes / NF, graphic / 1 / athletes
Lester, Julius / Black Cowboy Wild Horses / NF, P / 1 / X / cowboys
Lester, Julius / Blues Singers, The / NF, P / 2 / singers
Levinson, Nancy / She’s Been Working on the Railroad / NF, Ph / 2 / railroad
Link, O. Winston / Steam, Steel, and Stars / NF, Ph / 3 / railroad
Littlesugar, Amy / Shake Rag / Bio, P / 1 / singer
Livingston, Myra / Keep on Singing / Bio, P / 1 / singer
Locker, Thomas / Family Farm / F, P / 1 / farming
Lowry, Lois / Silent Boy, The / F / 3 / X / small town doctor
Lyon, George Ella / Choices / F / 2 / mining and others
Lyons, Mary / Catching the Fire / Bio, Ph / 2 / artist
Lyons, Mary / Deep Blues / Bio, Ph / 2 / artist
Lyons, Mary / Starting Home / Bio, Ph / 2 / artist
Lyons, Mary / Talking with Tebe / Bio, Ph / 2 / artist
Macauley, David / Castle / NF / 2 / X / architecture
Macauley, David / Pyramid / NF / 2 / X / architecture
Mann, Elizabeth / Brooklyn Bridge, The / NF, P / 2 / construction
Mann, Elizabeth / EmpireStateBuilding / NF, P / construction/engineering
Mann, Elizabeth / Hoover Dam / NF, P / 2 / construction
Martin, Jacqueline / Snowflake Bentley / Bio, P / 1 / scientist, photographer
Matthews, / Light Shining Through the Mist / Bio, Ph / 2 / scientist, naturalist
McCully, Emily / Bobbin Girl, The / F, P / 1 / X / X / factory worker
McGugan, Jim / Josepha / F, P / 1 / farming
McKissack, Frederick / Black Hoops / NF / 3 / athletes
McKissack, Patricia / Ma Dear’s Aprons / F, P / 1 / domestic worker
McKissack, Patricia & McKissack, Frederick / Black Hands, White Sails / NF, P / 3 / X / sailors
Medaris, Angela / Princess of the Press / Bio, P / 2 / newspaper publisher
Meltzer, Milton / Cheap Raw Materials / NF,Ph / 2 / X / X
Millard, Anne / Street Through Time, A / NF, P / 1 / X / architecture
Miller, Brandon Marie / Buffalo Gals / NF, Ph / 2 / X / cowgirls
Miller, Brandon Marie / What the Doctor Ordered / NF, Ph / 2 / X / doctors
Mitchell, Margaree / Uncle Jed’s Barbershop / F, P / 1 / barber
Mohr, Nicholasa / In Nueva York / F / 3 / variety
Monceau, Morgan / Jazz: My Music My People / NF / 2 / musicians
Moore, Elaine / Good Morning, City / NF, P / 1 / variety
Mora, Pat / Tomas and the Library Lady / F, P / 1 / X / librarian
Morris, Ann / Work / NF, Ph / 1 / variety, global
Morris, Linda / Morning Milking / F / 1 / farming
Morrison, Taylor / Great Unknown, The / NF, P / 1 / scientist, paleontologist
Murphy, Jim / Gone A’Whaling / NF, Ph / 2 / X / whaling
Murphy, Jim / Into the Deep Forest / Bio, P / 2 / naturalist, writer
Nickens, Bessie / Walking the Log / Bio, P / 1 / artist
Nicola, Lisa / Till Year’s End / F, P / 1 / X / variety, village
Parker, David / Stolen Dreams / NF, Ph / 2 / X
Patent, Dorothy / Back to the Wild / NF, Ph / 2 / zoologist, environmentalist
Paterson, Katherine / Lyddie / F, / 3 / X / X / factory laborer
Paulsen, Gary / Tortilla Factory, The / F, P / 1 / bakery
Paulsen, Gary / Winter Room, The / F, / 3 / farming
Paulsen, Gary / Work Song / NF, P / 1 / variety
Peterson, Chris / Harvest Year / NF, P / 1 / farming
Polocco, Patricia / My Ol’ Man / F, P / 1 / salesman
Polocco, Patricia / Thank You, Mr. Faulker / F,P / 1 / teacher
Raven, Margot / Circle Unbroken / F, P / 2 / X / basket maker
Roop, Peter & Roop, Connie / Capturing Nature / Bio, P / 2 / naturalist, writer
Rosenberg, Liz / Grandmother and the Runaway Shadow / F, P / 1 / X / garment worker
Ross, Stewart / Shakespeare and Macbeth / NF, P / 1 / X / theater
Rubin, Susan / Toilets, Toasters, Telephones / NF, Ph / 2 / scientist
Rubin, Susan / There Goes the Neighborhood / NF / 2 / architecture
Ryan, Pan Munoz / When Marian Sang / Bio, P / 1 / singer
Rylant, Cynthia / Something Permanent / Poetry, Ph / 2 / depression / X
St. George, Judith / So You Want to Be President / NF, P / 1 / president
Saller, Carol / Working Children / NF, Ph / 2 / X / variety, global
Sandler, Martin / Inventors / NF, Ph / 2 / inventors
Sandler, Martin / Presidents / Bio, Ph / 2 / presidents
Say, Allen / Tea with Milk / Bio, P / 1 / Department store clerk
Schnur, Steven / Henry David’s House / Bio, P / 1 / Philosopher, naturalist, writer
Schnur, Steven / Spring Thaw / F, P / 1 / farming
Sis, Peter / Starry Messenger / Bio, P / 2 / X / astronomer
Sis, Peter / Tree of Life / Bio, P / 2 / scientist
Smith, Charles R. Jr. / Hoop Queens / Bio, P / 2 / athlete
Smith, Charles R. Jr. / Hoop Kings / Bio, P / 2 / athlete
Stanley, Diane / Saladin / Bio, P / 2 / X / soldier, leader
Stanley, Diane / Leonardo Da Vinci / Bio, P / 2 / X / artist
Stanley, Diane / Michelangelo / Bio, P / 2 / X / artist
Stanley, Diane / True Adventures of Daniel Hall, The / F, P / 2 / X / sailor
Stanley, Jerry / Big Annie of Calumet / NF, Ph / 2 / activist
Stanley, Jerry / Children of the Dustbowl / NF, Ph / 3 / X / X
Thimmesh, Catherine / Madam President / Bio, P / 2 / politicians
Thomas, Jane Resh / Lights on the River / F, P / 1 / X
U’Ren, Andrea / Mary Smith / HF/P / 1 / X / town waker-upper
Van Allsburg, Chris / Widow’s Broom, The / F, P / 2 / homemaker
Ventura, Piero / Food / NF, P / 2 / X / food processing
Ventura, Piero / Houses / NF, P / 2 / architecture
Watson, Mary / Butterfly Seeds, The / F, P / 1 / X / variety
Wells, Rosemary / Waiting for the Evening Star / F, P / 2 / X / farming
Willard, Nancy / Cracked Corn and Snow Ice Cream / NF, P / 1 / X / farming
Wishinsky, Frieda / Man Who Made Parks, The / Bio, P / 2 / landscape architect
Wulffson, Don / Kid Who Invented the Trampoline, The / NF, P / 2 / inventors
Yolen, Jane / Raising Yoder’s Barn / F, P / 1 / farming
Yolen, Jane & / House, House / NF, Ph / 2 / architecture
Young, Ronder Thomas / Moving Mama to Town / F, / 3 / X / various

1