John Henry
[Westport, Conn.] : Weston Woods ; [New York] : Scholastic, 2002.
Format: Book + CD
Description: 1 sound disc (approximately 18 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (38 unnumbered pages : color illustrations)
Based on the famous African American folk ballad 'John Henry', this story tells of the legendary contest to the death between a spirited man with a hammer and a steam drill to build a tunnel through the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia.
Subjects:
Henry, John (Legendary character) -- Juvenile literature -- Talking books.
Henry, John (Legendary character) -- Legends -- Talking books.
African Americans -- Folklore -- Talking books.
Folklore -- United States -- Talking books.
Henry, John (Legendary character) -- Juvenile literature -- Talking books.
Henry, John (Legendary character) -- Legends -- Talking books.
African Americans -- Folklore -- Talking books.
Folklore -- United States -- Talking books.
Target Audience: AD620L
ISBN:
1555927351 (CD)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C CD FOLKLORE Les [BK & DISC] | Ballentine Indoors | Children's Book and CD | In |
More Formats
Compact disc.
Accompanying book illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.
Book published: New York : Dial Books, c 1994.
"Read A-long CD" to be used with book of the same title.
Track 1: With page-turn signals. Track 2: Without page-turn signals.
Book and disc.
Music composed by Crystal Taliefero.
Narrated by Samuel L. Jackson.
Randolph Caldecott Honor, 1994.
Accompanying book illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.
Book published: New York : Dial Books, c 1994.
"Read A-long CD" to be used with book of the same title.
Track 1: With page-turn signals. Track 2: Without page-turn signals.
Book and disc.
Music composed by Crystal Taliefero.
Narrated by Samuel L. Jackson.
Randolph Caldecott Honor, 1994.