John Henry by Lester, Julius

John Henry (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780803716063)

Vendor: Julius Lester
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Format: Hardcover
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John Henry by Lester, Julius

John Henry

$18.99
John Henry by Lester, Julius

John Henry

$18.99
Format: Hardcover
Description
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Nothing can stop John Henry-no boulder, no mountain, and definitely no steam drill. Newbery Honor winner Julius Lester writes with such power that this African-American folk hero becomes as awesome as a natural phenomenon. Jerry Pinkney received a Caldecott Honor for his exuberant, glowing watercolor paintings of the hero. The book, celebrating its tenth year in print, was also a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner, a Parents magazine Best Book, and an ALA Notable Book, among other honors.

Author: Julius Lester
ISBN-10: 0803716060
ISBN-13: 9780803716063
Publisher: Dial Books
Language: English
Published: 10/01/1994
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 11.84h x 9.66w x 0.39d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 12457 / John Henry

Award: Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards - Winner
Award: Golden Sower Award - Winner
Award: Caldecott Medal - Honor Book

Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 11/01/1994 pg. 98
Booklist 06/01/1994 pg. 1809
Publishers Weekly 09/05/1994 pg. 108
Kirkus Review - Children 10/15/1994 pg. 1410
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1994 pg. 107 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
ALA Notable Children's Books 04/01/1995 pg. 1411
By Julius Lester
By Julius Lester
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Julius Lester is a celebrated author whose accolades include a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Award. He is also a National Book Award Finalist, a National Book Critics Circle nominee, and a recipient of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. In addition to his critically acclaimed writing career, Mr. Lester has distinguished himself as a civil rights activist, musician, photographer, radio talk-show host, and professor. For thirty-two years he taught at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He lives in western Massachusetts.

Jerry Pinkney is one of America's most admired children's book illustrators. He has won the Caldecott Medal and five Caldecott Honors, five Coretta Scott King Awards, five New York Times Ten Best Illustrated Awards, the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, and the Society of Illustrators' Original Art Show Lifetime Achievement Award, and many other prizes and honors. Recently a member of the National Council of the Arts and inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he has also served on the U.S. Postal Service Citizen's Stamp Advisory Committee. His artwork has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the country, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Schomburg Center, and the Norman Rockwell Museum. Jerry Pinkney lives with his wife, author Gloria Jean Pinkney, in Westchester County, New York.

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