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  • John Henry: An American Legend

John Henry: An American Legend

Author
Ezra Jack Keats
Publication Date
May 12, 1987
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  2nd − 3rd
Language
English
Format
Picture Book
John Henry: An American Legend
Description

Have you heard the tale?

John Henry was born with a hammer in his hand. He was taller and stronger than anyone around. When men started talking about laying railroad tracks across the prairies and deserts, and right through the mountains, John Henry knew he and his hammer had to be a part of it. And drive those spikes he did!

Then came the day when a challenge was announced: Who could dig a tunnel through a mountain faster--John Henry and his hammer? Or a steam drill?

Publication date
May 12, 1987
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780394890524
Lexile Measure
670
Guided Reading Level
O
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
BISAC categories
JUV022000 - Juvenile Fiction | Legends, Myths, & Fables | General
JUV041050 - Juvenile Fiction | Transportation | Railroads & Trains
Library of Congress categories
African Americans
United States
Folklore
John Henry (Legendary character)
Ezra Jack Keats
Ezra Jack Keats (1916-1983) is the Caldecott Medal winning author of The Snowy Day, which broke ground in 1962 as one of the first picture books for young children to portray a realistic, multi-cultural urban setting. Since its initial publication, The Snowy Day has come to be regarded as both a children's classic and one of the most important picture books ever written/illustrated. Ezra Jack Keats' legacy lives on in the popularity of his most famous character, Peter--the star of The Snowy Day, Whistle for Willie, Peter's Chair, A Letter to Amy, Goggles, and others. Visit the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation online at www.ezra-jack-keats.org
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