child labor

Introduction to child labor describes the history of working children, focusing on the most exploitative and hazardous work that children do. Also looks at the situation of children who work for their families, street children, and the role of children's and adolescents' work in industrialized countries.

Needing to earn money after his father's death during the influenza epidemic of 1918, thirteen-year-old Joshua works as a newspaper boy in Boston, one day finding himself in the vicinity of an explosion that sends tons of molasses coursing through the streets.

Eight-year-old Yatandou helps the women of her Mali village raise enough money to buy a machine that will replace their pounding sticks.

Twelve-year-old Grace Forcier and her friend Arthur, taken out of school and put to work in a Vermont textile mill in 1910, are championed by their teacher who urges them to write the National Child Labor Committee.

Citing the millions of children who are working under dangerous and exploitative conditions worldwide, a visual tour of the daily lives of child laborers offers insight into how economic disadvantages and unscrupulous systems are perpetuating child labor practices.

Explores child labor around the world, discussing what it is, abuse in the workplace, slave labor, children working in the informal economy, and solutions to the problem. Includes a glossary, suggestions for further reading, and related Internet addresses.

To work off a family debt, ten-year-old Hastin leaves his desert village in India to work as a circus elephant keeper, but many challenges await him, including trying to keep Nandita, a sweet elephant, safe from the cruel circus owner.

Chronicles the efforts of twelve-year-old Craig Kielburger and his human rights organization Free the Children to stop child labor in foreign countries.

Discusses cases where children are forced to work against their wills in difficult and dangerous conditions in various countries around the world.

Presents a short study of child labor situations around the world, and follows the experiences of thirteen-year-old Mehboob from India who has been working since age eight to help his family.