{"id":31441,"date":"2025-03-01T07:00:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T12:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/?p=31441"},"modified":"2025-02-28T09:56:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T14:56:23","slug":"new-kids-book-about-the-grand-ole-opry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2025\/03\/new-kids-book-about-the-grand-ole-opry\/","title":{"rendered":"New Kids Book About The Grand Ole Opry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new kids&#8217; book titled, Howdy: Welcome to the Grand Ole Opry, will be published this fall by Abrams Books for Young Readers.<\/p>\n<p>The book is written by the Opry\u2019s Director of Archives and Content Management, Emily Frans, illustrated by Susannah Chapman, and features a foreword written by country music superstar \u2013 and Opry member \u2013 Lainey Wilson.<\/p>\n<p>Frans said she can&#8217;t wait for the book to be released on September 16, 2025.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe Opry is more than a venue; it&#8217;s a place of deep cultural significance where performers and fans connect through a love of music,\u201d Frans says. \u201cI can\u2019t wait to inspire kids to visit, learn the rich history, and even dream big about their own debut one day!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The iconic Nashville venue \u2013 which is celebrating its 100th birthday this year \u2013 will be introduced to a new generation of country music fans through a kids\u2019 book that offers a behind-the-scenes look at the Opry alongside colourful illustrations of legendary performers like Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, and Darius Rucker.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"insta-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DGWCFVuR4Ls\/embed\/captioned\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display:inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height:0;\"  class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Kids\u2019 Book On Grand Ole Opry Features Forward Written By Lainey Wilson","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":31442,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3337],"tags":[1631,9436,3500,9437,5520,3809,9438],"class_list":["post-31441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-country-music-news","tag-book","tag-emilr-frans","tag-grand-ole-opry","tag-howdy-welcome-to-the-grand-ole-opry","tag-lainey-wilson","tag-opry","tag-susannah-chapman"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-15 13:52:16","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/chok.com\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2025\/03\/new-kids-book-about-the-grand-ole-opry\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}