God Bless America were released on October 16, 2001. Both versions contain the song as the A-side track, but the B-side tracks were different. One released to the general public was released with the B-side track, "Put a Little Holiday in Your Heart," and the other was released to radio with the B-side track of Rimes's rendition of "The National Anthem." Rimes's version peaked at No. 51 on the "Billboard" Country Songs chart on October 27, 2001. The song has spawned numerous parodies. God Bless America "God Bless America" is an American patriotic song written by Irving Berlin during World War I in
God Bless the Child (picture book) in conjunction with the CD.", and concluded "This offering makes an excellent tie-in to units on African-American history." SLJ also recommended it "to enrich music classes". "God Bless the Child" has also been reviewed by "The Horn Book Magazine","BookList", "Publishers Weekly", "Kirkus Reviews", It was awarded a 2005 Coretta Scott King Award illustrator honor. God Bless the Child (picture book) God Bless the Child is a 2003 picture book by Jerry Pinkney with the words and music of Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr. It is about an African-American family moving from the rural Deep South to urban Chicago during