{"id":7986,"date":"1997-03-04T10:25:23","date_gmt":"1997-03-04T14:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=7986"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:39:50","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:39:50","slug":"fat-gopal-by-jacquelin-singh-illustrated-by-demi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/fat-gopal-by-jacquelin-singh-illustrated-by-demi\/","title":{"rendered":"Fat Gopal by Jacquelin Singh, illustrated by Demi [in What Do I Read Next? 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