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John Henry

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Author(s):Julius Lester
Illustrator(s):Jerry Pinkney
Publisher(s): Dial Books for Young Readers
Year Published: 1995
Type: Hardcover
Softcover
Genre: African
American
Folk Tales
Historical Fiction - Civil War
Picture Book
Songs
Age Range: Ages 0-5: Picture Books
Pages: 40
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
ISBN-10: 0803716060
0803716079
1555927351
ISBN-13: 9780803716063
9780803716070
9781555927356
OCLC: 28966718
Award(s):
Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 1995

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Now John Henry was a steel driving man.

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