Septem: Attack on New York City by Wilborn Hampton The Glorious Flight : Across the Channel with Louis Blériot Jby Alice and Martin Provensen Hurray for the Fourth of July by Wendy Watson The Fourth of July Story by Alice Dalgliesh Red Hawk's Account of Custer's Last Battle : The Battle of the Little Bighorn, 25 June 1876 by Paul and Dorothy Gobleīirthdays of Freedom : From Early Man to Jby Genevieve Fosterįourth of July fireworks by Patrick Merrick The Execution of Maximilian, J: A Hapsburg Emperor Meets Disaster in the New World by Robin McKown The 35th of May : or, Conrad's ride to the South Seas by Erich Kästner (okay, maybe this one is stretching it)ĭ-Day, the Sixth of June, 1944 by David Howarth Where was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May ? by Jean Fritz Ozzie and the 19th of April by Elaine MacMann The Purchase of Alaska, Ma: A Bargain at Two Cents an Acre by Peter Sgroi The Dred Scott Decision, Ma: Slavery and the Supreme Court's Self-inflicted Wound by Frank B. The Death of Gandhi, Janu: India's Spiritual Leader Helps His Nation Win Independence by Robert Goldston

LathamĪn Uncommonly Fine Day : Januby John Anthony King Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation, Janu: The Document that Turned the Civil War into a Fight for Freedom by Frank B. This got me wondering what other specific dates turn up in the titles of children’s books. OZZIE AND THE 19TH OF APRIL by Elaine MacMann is an amusing 1957 novel about a modern-day boy who tries to track down some lost pistols from the American Revolution. When I saw today was April 19, I remembered that date once appeared in the title of a children’s book. We also look back at a discontinued book award and look ahead to some future changes at Collecting Children’s Books. Among other topics, today’s Sunday brunch blog looks for the African American woman who disappeared from the pages of a Newbery winner as well as the little boy who walked right out of a Caldecott-winning book, never to return.

B, My Name Is Bunny by Norma Fox Mazer