John Henry: An American Legend
  • Published: 15 January 2015
  • ISBN: 9780553513073
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $35.00

John Henry: An American Legend

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Caldecott-Medalist Ezra Jack Keats's powerful classic about a steel-driving man who took on a steam drill, is back in hardcover--just in time to celebrate its 50th anniversary.

Celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Caldecott Medalist Ezra Jack Keats’s vibrant retelling of the popular African American folk ballad in this beautiful hardcover edition.
 
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?
  • Published: 15 January 2015
  • ISBN: 9780553513073
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $35.00
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Praise for John Henry: An American Legend

"That steel-driving man who was born - and died - with a hammer in his hand comes vividly to like in a picture book so colorful and dramatic that surely it is the best yet by [Caldecott Medal Winner] Ezra Jack Keats." -Chicago Tribune

"Keats' illustrations, cast under an agate sky, ripple and pulsate with energetic beauty." -The New York Times

"The heroic figure of John Henry is captured in a simple rhythmic picture book. Dramatic pictures with large bold figures express the feeling of this tall tale." -School Library Journal, Starred

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