John Henry
$43.57
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
1 October 1994
Summary
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.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780803716063 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0803716060 |
| Author: | Julius Lester, Jerry Pinkney |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Dutton and Dial |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 1994 |
| Weight: | 488g |
| Dimensions: | 301mm x 251mm x 10mm |
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About The Author
Julius Lester
Julius Lester was a celebrated author whose accolades include a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Award. He was 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 distinguished himself as a civil rights activist, musician, photographer, radio talk-show host, and professor. He taught at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst for 32 years.
Jerry Pinkney was one of America’s most acclaimed illustrators. He won the Caldecott Medal, five Caldecott Honors, five Coretta Scott King Awards, five Coretta Scott King Honors, five New York Times 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. His long list of celebrated titles includes Mirandy and Brother Wind, The Little Red Hen, The Little Match Girl, and The Lion & The Mouse. His family includes a number of acclaimed children’s book creators- his son, artist Brian Pinkney; his daughter-in-law, author and children’s book editor Andrea Davis Pinkney; and his granddaughter, author-illustrator Charnelle Pinkney Barlow.
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