Corinne Bailey Rae's first children's book, 'Put Your Records On,' draws upon her musical past

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Corinne Bailey Rae is moving connected a children’s representation publication that draws upon her aboriginal memories of learning astir music

ByHILLEL ITALIE AP nationalist writer

NEW YORK -- NEW YORK (AP) — Corinne Bailey Rae is moving connected a children's representation publication that draws upon her aboriginal memories of music.

The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter has a woody with Rocky Pond Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers, for “Put Your Records On.” Named for her signature deed and illustrated by Gillian Eilidh O’Mara, the publication is scheduled to travel retired March 3, 2026, and tells the communicative of a young girl's initiation into her large aunt's grounds collection.

“When I was a child, euphony helped maine find myself. Through songs I discovered that others felt what I felt," Rae said successful a connection released Wednesday. "Playing euphony grew my assurance and penning and performing my ain euphony allowed maine to afloat explicit myself. I privation each kid to cognize that they person euphony successful their bosom and a dependable that should beryllium heard.”

Rae, 46, has sold millions of records worldwide and won 2 Grammys — arsenic a contributor to Herbie Hancock's 2007 tribute medium to Joni Mitchell, “River,” and for her screen successful 2011 of Bob Marley & The Wailer's “Is This Love.”