This book doesn’t talk about Cesar growing up on his family’s farm. After the book talks about his birth, it states they had to give up the farm because of The Great Depression. Cesar Chavez (A True Book) talks about how he learned about dealing with peaceful conflicts from Gandhi, but in Harvesting Hope, he learned it from his mother. This book doesn’t go into much detail about the journey of the protesters from Delano to Sacramento like Harvesting Hope does. This book talks briefly about his time in the military and him getting married to Helen Fabela and starting a family, Harvesting Hope doesn’t.

Both books talked about how he formed the National Farm Workers Association, but Harvesting Hope talks about having a flag for their cause. Both books also talked about how he used nonviolence to fight the injustice of the landowners. Both books talked about the strike against Delano and the walk protesters took from Delano to Sacramento in protest. ( )

Summary
This is a story about Cesar Chavez whom after working in the poor farming conditions himself worked to change the conditions of many migrant farm workers by forming unions.

Personal reflection
I enjoyed this book a lot, I have never heard of this man upon reading this book. This book had good information about the struggles of farm workers in America and one of the people that made it his mission to help.

Extensions
1. Take a field trip and visit a farm comparable to the ones talked about in the story.
2. Have the children give their views and concerns about people who farm and the their rights.
3. Have the children write about how they would help migrant farm workers.