Alabama
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Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama: The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution
$23.99 Add to cartNow with a new afterword, the Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatic account of the Civil Rights Era’s climactic battle in Birmingham as the movement, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., brought down the institu… [more below]
- Author: McWhorter, Diane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 752
- Publish Date: January 15 2013
- ISBN10: 1476709513
- Language: English
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Rosa Parks
$15.99 Add to cartIn this book from the highly acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Rosa Parks, the “Mother of the Freedom Movement.”
Rosa Parks grew up in Alabama, where she lea- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #9
- Author: Kaiser, Lisbeth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 07 2017
- ISBN10: 1786030187
- Language: English
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While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age During the Civil Rights Movement
$17.99 Add to cartOn September 15, 1963, a Klan-planted bomb went off in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Fourteen-year-old Carolyn Maull was just a few feet away when the bomb exploded, killing f… [more below]
- Author: McKinstry, Carolyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1414336373
- Language: English
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Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation
$11.99 Read more“Uplifting and memorable.”–School Library Journal (starred review)
“Great for reading aloud.”—Booklist (starred review)
Bestselling and multiple Coretta Scott King- and Caldecott-winners Andrea Davis
- Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 0060821205
- Language: English
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The Darling Dahlias and the Red Hot Poker
$26.95 Read moreIt’s Labor Day weekend, 1935, and members of the Darling Dahlias–the garden club in little Darling, Alabama–are trying to keep their cool at the end of a sizzling summer. This isn’t easy, though, si… [more below]
- Author: Albert, Susan Wittig
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 1952558174
- Language: English
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It Jes’ Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw
$11.95 Read moreThe inspiring biography of self-taught (outsider) artist Bill Traylor, a former slave who at the age of eighty-five began to draw pictures based on his memories and observations of rural and urban lif
- Author: Tate, Don
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 19 2019
- ISBN10: 1643790552
- Language: English
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The Ghostly Tales of Alabama
$12.99 Read moreGhost stories from America’s “Heart of Dixie” have never been so creepy, fun, and full of mystery!
Welcome to the spooky state of Alabama! Stay alert! Ghosts lurk around every corner. Even the most u… [more below]- Series: Spooky America
- Author: Brown, Alan N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: May 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1467197297
- Language: English
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Claudette Colvin Refuses to Move: Courageous Kid of the Civil Rights Movement
$8.99 Read moreIt’s March 2, 1955, and an ordinary 15-year-old girl from Montgomery, Alabama is about to do something extraordinary. When a white bus driver orders Claudette Colvin to give up her seat for a white pa… [more below]
- Series: Courageous Kids
- Author: Wilkins, Ebony Joy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1496688031
- Language: English
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The Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume X: Alabama: Volume 10
$29.95 Read moreAlabama has a storied history: Fewer than ten generations ago, Alabama was owned by the Spanish (who claimed Mobile until 1813), then the British, and then the United States, after failing to secede i… [more below]
- Series: Southern Poetry Anthology
- Author: Wright, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 350
- Publish Date: December 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1680033263
- Language: English
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Blue Moon Haven
$27.95 Read moreCan the good old-fashioned warmth of a rural small town make a broken family whole? NYT Bestselling author Janet Dailey explores the healing power of love and the enduring allure of the drive-in movie… [more below]
- Series: New Americana
- Author: Dailey, Janet
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: December 27 2022
- ISBN10: 149673503X
- Language: English
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963
$8.99 Add to cartDuring one of the most important times in the civil rights movement, one unforgettable family goes on a road trip in this Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree, from author Christopher Paul Curtis, r… [more below]
- Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: December 12 2000
- ISBN10: 044022800X
- Language: English
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Rosa Parks
$12.79 Read moreThe My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Rosa Parks in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and r… [more below]
- Series: My Itty-Bitty Bio
- Author: Haldy, Emma E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: January 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1634706013
- Language: English
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We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March
$14.99 Read moreThe inspiring story of the 1963 Birmingham Children’s March as seen through the eyes of four young people at the center of the action.
The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March was a turning point in Ameri- Author: Levinson, Cynthia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 180
- Publish Date: February 03 2015
- ISBN10: 1561458449
- Language: English
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Rosa Parks
$8.99 Read moreNow in paperback! In this book from the highly acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Rosa Parks, the “Mother of the Freedom Movement.”
Rosa Parks grew up in Alab- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #9
- Author: Kaiser, Lisbeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0711284180
- Language: English
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The Last Field Party
$12.99 Add to cartThe seventh and final book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Field Party series–a Southern soap opera filled with football, cute boys, and pick-up trucks–from USA TODAY bestselling author Abbi Gl… [more below]
- Series: Field Party
- Author: Glines, Abbi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1534430970
- Language: English
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If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks
$8.99 Add to cartFrom a Caldecott Honor Award and Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator comes a bright and offbeat picture book with a unique perspective on the story of Rosa Parks.
A young girl named Marcie ha- Series: Reading Rainbow Books
- Author: Ringgold, Faith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0689856768
- Language: English
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Rosa Parks
$5.99 Add to cartFind out about the life of Rosa Parks and how her actions in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 helped end racial segregation in America.
This book follows the same standards as other National Geographic Re- Series: Readers BIOS
- Author: Jazynka, Kitson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 04 2015
- ISBN10: 1426321414
- Language: English
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Dirt Road Home
$14.99 Add to cartThe story of of the orphan boy Moon, begun in Watt Key’s award-winning Alabama Moon, continues with Dirt Road Home
After his recapture, gutsy 14-year-old Hal Mitchell is sentenced to live at Hellenwei- Series: Alabama Moon #2
- Author: Key, Watt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 06 2011
- ISBN10: 031267435X
- Language: English
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Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
$16.99 Add to cartA riveting account of the civil rights boycott that changed history by the foremost author of history for young people.
Now a classic, Freedman’s book tells the dramatic stories of the heroes who stoo- Author: Freedman, Russell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: February 28 2009
- ISBN10: 0823421953
- Language: English
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Five-Star Trails: Birmingham: 35 Beautiful Hikes in and Around Central Alabama
$18.95 Add to cartThis collection of 35 five-star hiking trails in the Birmingham area includes popular routes and hidden treasures.
- Series: Five-Star Trails
- Author: Spencer, Thomas M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: November 17 2020
- ISBN10: 1634043073
- Language: English
