{"id":9,"date":"2019-05-07T15:51:05","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T15:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/this-goodly-land\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2019-05-07T15:51:05","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T15:51:05","slug":"a-year-of-alabama-books-children","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/this-goodly-land\/a-year-of-alabama-books-children\/","title":{"rendered":"A Year of Alabama Books: Children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Expanded List for Children and Younger Teens<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">January<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Children: <em>When Winter Comes<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=78\">Nancy Van Laan<\/a> (winter)<\/li><li>Teens: <em>I Have a Dream: The Life and Words of Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/em>,<a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=28\">Jim Haskins<\/a> (Martin Luther King, Jr., Day)<\/li><li>Teens: <em>A Cool Moonlight<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=31\">Angela Johnson<\/a> (Lunar New Year)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">February<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Children: <em>I Am Rosa Parks<\/em>, Rosa Parks with <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=28\">Jim Haskins<\/a> (Black History Month)<\/li><li>Teens: <em>John Lewis in the Lead: A Story of the Civil Rights Movement<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=28\">Jim Haskins<\/a> and Kathleen Benson (Black History Month)<\/li><li>Children: <em>Wind Flyers<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=31\">Angela Johnson<\/a> (Black History Month)<\/li><li>Children: <em>If You Were My Valentine<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=75\">Charles Ghigna<\/a> (Valentines&#8217;s Day)<\/li><li>Teens: <em>One More River to Cross: The Story of Twelve Black Americans<\/em>,<a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=28\">Jim Haskins<\/a> (Black History Month)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Children: <em>Seven Brave Women<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=76\">Betsy Hearne<\/a> (Women&#8217;s History Month)<\/li><li>Teens: <em>Find Where the Wind Goes: Moments from My Life<\/em>, Mae Jemison (Women&#8217;s History Month)<\/li><li>Children: <em>The Jolly Mon<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=90\">Jimmy Buffett<\/a> (Music in Our Schools Month)<\/li><li>Children: <em>Violet&#8217;s Music<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=31\">Angela Johnson<\/a> (Music in Our Schools Month)<\/li><li>Teens: <em>Hard Times for Jake Smith<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=45\">Aileen Kilgore Henderson<\/a> (Women&#8217;s History Month)<\/li><li>Teens: <em>Lizard<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=134\">Dennis Covington<\/a> (World Theater Day)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">April<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Children: <em>Animal Tracks: Wild Poems to Read Aloud<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=75\">Charles Ghigna<\/a>(National Poetry Month)<\/li><li>Teens: <em>The Other Side: Shorter Poems<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=31\">Angela Johnson<\/a> (National Poetry Month)<\/li><li>Children: <em>Animal Trunks: Silly Poems to Read Aloud<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=75\">Charles Ghigna<\/a>(National Poetry Month)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">May<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Children: <em>Richard Wright and the Library Card<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=77\">William Miller<\/a> (Children&#8217;s Book Week)<\/li><li>Teens: <em>Dancing on the Edge<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=33\">Han Nolan<\/a> (National Dance Week)<\/li><li>Children: <em>Full Steam Ahead<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=12\">Faye Gibbons<\/a> (National Train Day)<\/li><li>Children: <em>I Dream of Trains<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=31\">Angela Johnson<\/a> (National Train Day)<\/li><li>Teens: <em>Horace King: Bridges to Freedom<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=12\">Faye Gibbons<\/a> (anniversary of Horace King&#8217;s death)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">June<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Children: <em>Mountain Wedding<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=12\">Faye Gibbons<\/a> (weddings)<\/li><li>Teens: <em>The First Part Last<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=31\">Angela Johnson<\/a> (Father&#8217;s Day)<\/li><li>Children: <em>Just Like Josh Gibson<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=31\">Angela Johnson<\/a> (summer\/baseball)<\/li><li>Teens: <em>Summer of the Bonepile Monster<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=45\">Aileen Kilgore Henderson<\/a>(summer)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">July<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Children: <em>Trosclair and the Alligator<\/em>, Peter Huggins (summer)<\/li><li>Teens: <em>An Abundance of Katherines<\/em>, John Green (summer)<\/li><li>Children: <em>Joshua and Bigtooth<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=23\">Mark Childress<\/a> (summer)<\/li><li>Teens: <em>The Incredible Deborah: A Story Based on the Life of Deborah Sampson<\/em>, Cora Cheney (Independence Day)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">August<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Children: <em>Going North<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=73\">Janice N. Harrington<\/a> (summer)<\/li><li>Teens: <em>Outward Dreams: Black Inventors and Their Inventions<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=28\">James Haskins<\/a> (National Inventors Month)<\/li><li>Children: <em>The Real McCoy: Life of an African-American Inventor<\/em>, Wendy Towle (National Inventors Month)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">September<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Children: <em>When I Am Old with You<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=31\">Angela Johnson<\/a> (National Grandparents Day)<\/li><li>Teens: <em>Love, Ruby Lavender<\/em>, Deborah Wiles (National Grandparents Day)<\/li><li>Teens: <em>Mighty Close to Heaven<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=12\">Faye Gibbons<\/a> (National Grandparents Day)<\/li><li>Teens: <em>Toning the Sweep<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=31\">Angela Johnson<\/a> (National Grandparents Day)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">October<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Children: <em>13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=68\">Kathryn Tucker Windham<\/a> and Margaret Gillis Figh (Halloween)<\/li><li>Teens: <em>Hauntings: And Other Tales of Danger, Love, and Sometimes Loss<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=76\">Betsy Hearne<\/a> (Halloween)<\/li><li>Children: <em>Night in the Barn<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=12\">Faye Gibbons<\/a> (Halloween)<\/li><li>Children: <em>Halloween Night: Twenty-one Spooktacular Poems<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=75\">Charles Ghigna<\/a> (Halloween)<\/li><li>Teens: <em>Rocket Boys<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=118\">Homer Hickam<\/a> (anniversary of Sputnick launch)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">November<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Children: <em>Wolf Dog of the Woodland Indians<\/em>, Margaret Zehmer Searcy (Native American Heritage Month)<\/li><li>Teens: <em>World of the Southern Indians<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=149\">Virginia Pounds Brown<\/a> and Laurella Owens (Native American Heritage Month)<\/li><li>Children: <em>Tiny Bat and the Ball Game<\/em>, Margaret Searcy (Native American Heritage Month)<\/li><li>Teens: <em>Southern Indian Myths and Legends<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=149\">Virginia Pounds Brown<\/a> and Laurella Owens (Native American Heritage Month)<\/li><li>Teens: <em>The Thanksgiving Visitor<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=38\">Truman Capote<\/a> (Thanksgiving)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">December<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Children: <em>Christmas Is Coming!<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=75\">Charles Ghigna<\/a> and Deborah Ghigna (Christmas)<\/li><li>Teens: <em>A Christmas Memory<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=38\">Truman Capote<\/a> (Christmas)<\/li><li>Teens: <em>It&#8217;s Christmas!<\/em>, <a href=\"\/author?AuthorID=68\">Kathryn Tucker Windham<\/a> (Christmas)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Expanded List for Children and Younger Teens January Children: When Winter Comes, Nancy Van Laan (winter) Teens: I Have a Dream: The Life and Words of Martin Luther King, Jr.,Jim Haskins (Martin Luther King, Jr., Day) Teens: A Cool Moonlight, Angela Johnson (Lunar New Year) February Children: I Am Rosa Parks, Rosa Parks with Jim [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/this-goodly-land\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/this-goodly-land\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/this-goodly-land\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/this-goodly-land\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/this-goodly-land\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/this-goodly-land\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/this-goodly-land\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/this-goodly-land\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}