Find humor and inspiration in this collection of African American stories with the silly tale of Koi and the Kola Nuts and the heroic journeys of American hero John Henry.  In Koi and the Kola Nuts, Koi must accomplish three impossible tasks or end up in the cooking pot. Through his adventures, he encounters three unlikely friends that will help him find his rightful place in the world. John Henry's incredible story of out powering machines with sheer physical strength to build a railroad across the nation is one of the most popular and noted of all African American tales.