John Henry, Hammerin' Hero: The Graphic Novel

By Stephanie True Peters

Book Overview

A digital solution for your classroom with features created with teachers and students in mind: - Perpetual license - 24 hour, 7 days a week access - No limit to the number of students accessing one title at a time - Provides a School to Home connection wherever internet is available - Easy to use - Ability to turn audio on and off - Words highlighted to match audio Born with a hammer in his hand, John Henry was destined to become a steel-driving legend. As a young man, he makes his mark on the American railroads, whistling while he works. But one day, a shady salesman comes to the railroad camp, claiming that his hammering machine is superior to any railroad worker. John Henry steps up to challenge the man's machine, hoping to save the jobs of thousands of railroad workers. But will John Henry be able to prove that a machine can't do what a man can?

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1434218988
• ISBN13: 9781434218988
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Stone Arch Books
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6