ALABAMA BOOK LIST

State History - Contains mentions of evolution - Travel across the diverse state of Alabama and meet its famous sons and daughters, from legendary football coach Bear Bryant to the remarkable Helen Keller and civil rights activist Rosa Parks

Set in Alabama - Miss Fancy escapes the zoo, and it's up to Frank to find her before she gets hurt.

State history - When Alex spies a mule chomping on greens in a nearby garden, he can’t help but ask about it. “Ol’ Belle?” says Miz Pettway. “She can have all the collards she wants. She’s earned it.”

State Figure - In 1848, Mary Walker was born into slavery. And at 116, she learned to read.

State Figure - Bus #2857 was ordinary—until a woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger.

Set in the state - Every Saturday, a young boy rides his bicycle up and down country roads, past farms and a filling station, until he reaches his Mammaw's house.

State Figure - Nelle Harper Lee grew up in the rocky red soil of Monroeville, Alabama. From the get-go she was a spitfire.

Set in the State - Born into slavery, young Booker T. Washington could only dream of learning to read and write. After emancipation, Booker began a five-hundred-mile journey, mostly on foot.

State Figure - More than anything, nine-year-old Booker T. Washington longed to go to school, but he had to get a job to earn money for his family.

State Figure - When Helen was nineteen months old, an illness left her unable to see or speak. With the help of a teacher named Annie Sullivan, she learned to spell words with her fingers, opening her world immeasurably.