Reviews for John Henry

The average rating for John Henry based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-07-02 00:00:00 Charlotte Coler-Lindstrom This is the story of John Henry; I'm sure most people know this one. Julius and Jerry got together to make this their version of the famous folktale. I like the tone of the book, it's bright and happy and larger than life. I even like so many of his word choices. The mountain was as hard as anger. There were wonderful phrases like that. I don't know why, but I don't really care for this version of the tale. It's not bad, simply not for me. There are several other tellings that I feel are much better. The kids enjoyed this. The nephew thought it was cool how he could sing and beat stones and rainbows happened. He gave this 3 stars. The niece enjoyed the rainbows, but she wasn't too into the story. She gave this 2 stars. Something is up with her and I don't know what it is. Anyway.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-12-12 00:00:00 Tara Hilferty I love this story! I listened to the audio version. Samuel l. Jackson narrated it! it was fabulous. from now on, when I have a difficult task to perform, I'm gonna say "oh john henry give me strength to do this!"