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Kids' Reading List: Classics for 6 to 9 Years
Recommended by the American Library Association
Original Content  |  August 08, 2008
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John Henry by Julius Lester
John Henry 
By Julius Lester; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney


This retelling adds some modern twists to the classic legend of the African American hero who races against a steam drill to cut a path through a mountain for the railroad.
 
Dial, 1994. ISBN: 9780803716063
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