John Henry, Christianne Jones
John Henry, Christianne Jones
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John Henry

Author: Christianne Jones

Narrator: Various Narrators

Unabridged: 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Capstone Press

Published: 03/01/2013


Synopsis

Retells some of the legends of John Henry, an African-American hero who raced against a steam drill to lay railroad tracks on a mountain.

About Christianne Jones

Christianne Jones is an award-winning author of books for younger children. Her picture book Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker won a 2013 Gelett Burgess Award and was a Midwest Book Award finalist, and Hello, Goodbye, and a Very Little Lie was listed as one of the 100 best children's books by the popular parenting site babble.com. She lives with her husband and three daughters in Mankato, Minnesota.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brianna on January 30, 2020

In my future classroom I could use this book to introduce fables to my students. Students can also find more about the fable and decide which parts are true and which parts are made up......more

Goodreads review by Sara on April 27, 2015

A wonderful story about hard work. The young John Henry knows he is special from the beginning, he is very strong and very hard working. His story is set in the time of men working on the railroads, just when the new steam engines are about to take over their jobs. Mr. John Henry fights for the men'......more