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John Henry

by Jerry Pinkney

Picture book · ages 4–8 · grades K–3 · 1998

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Why we'd hand it over

Pinkney's watercolors transform the folk ballad into a visually luminous, emotionally serious meditation on dignity and human worth—the kind of picture book that deepens with rereading and holds up for adult readers.

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