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1) John Henry
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
1994.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 620L
Language
English
Description
Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
HL 680L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Seventh-grader Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best friend when they were in a bus accident together. All he has left of Eddie is the journal his friend wrote stories in. Tristan is dreading the month he's going to spend on his grandparents' farm. But on his first night there, a sticky creature shows up and steals Eddie's notebook. Tristan chases after it, and a tug-of-war ensues between them underneath a...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
E-journalist J. Sutter travels to West Virginia for the first John Henry Days celebration.
Colson Whitehead's eagerly awaited and triumphantly acclaimed new novel is on one level a multifaceted retelling of the story of John Henry, the black steel-driver who died outracing a machine designed to replace him. On another level it's the story of a disaffected, middle-aged black journalist on a mission to set a record for junketeering who attends the...
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Celebrate African American history with this historic collection of stories. Collection include: Duke Ellington; Ellington was not a street; Ella Fitzgerald: the tale of a vocal virtuosa; and John Henry read-along and discussion questions.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Emily "Fido" Faithfull, a spinster pioneer in the British women's movement, is distracted from her cause by the details of her friend's failing marriage and affair with a young army officer, in this drama of friends, lovers, and divorce, Victorian style.
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The dynamic Pecos Bill teams with larger-than-life heroes Paul Bunyan and John Henry to help a brave young man in the fight against a greedy land-grabber who'll stop at nothing to get his hands on the deed to the youngster's family farm.
11) American legends
Publisher
Disney DVD
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Dramatization of the lives of famous American Legends, Paul Bunyan, John Henry, Johnny Appleseed and Casey Jones.
12) John Henry
Author
Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
"Do you know the story of John Henry? The history stories you think you know may not be what they seem. In this deep-diving series, readers of How FACT Became FICTION are invited into the truth beyond the stories people tell about history. It includes investigations into what really happened and how the truth was hidden over time. Readers explore primary sources as they develop historical inquiry and media literacy skills and learn the ins and outs...
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 680L
Language
English
Description
Retells the legend of John Henry, an African-American hero who raced against a steam drill to lay railroad tracks on a mountain.
14) John Henry
Author
Publisher
Rabbit Ears Books
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
15) John Henry
Author
Publisher
Brighter Child
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
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.
16) John Henry
Publisher
KOCH Vision
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A steel-drivin' man challenges a steam engine to a hammering contest in order to save the jobs of his railroad-worker friends.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1030L
Language
English
Description
Historian Scott Reynolds Nelson recounts how he came to discover the real John Henry, an African-American railroad worker who became a legend in the famous song.
18) John Henry
Author
Series
Publisher
Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
"John Henry is the strongest, fastest hammerman working on the railroads in the years after the American Civil War. One day, a salesman comes by with a machine he says can drill faster than any man. John is determined to prove no fancy device can beat him"--
19) John Henry
Author
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
540L
Language
Español
Description
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, New York
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
950L
Language
English
Description
"Learn how this son of German immigrants from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, turned his small food-packaging company into a booming business known for its fair treatment of workers and pioneering safe food preparation standards. This American success story follows Heinz from his early days as a pickle and vinegar merchant in the 1800s to the name behind the nation's number-one brand of ketchup."--
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