{"id":79184,"date":"2025-10-15T03:47:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T03:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/79184\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T03:47:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T03:47:08","slug":"grammy-winner-laufey-launches-childrens-book-mei-mei-the-bunny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/79184\/","title":{"rendered":"Grammy winner Laufey launches children’s book ‘Mei Mei The Bunny’"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 She\u2019s won a Grammy, collaborated with Barbra Streisand<\/a> and performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Now Laufey<\/a> is taking on a new challenge: creating a children\u2019s story inspired by her mascot-alias, Mei Mei The Bunny.<\/p>\n

Penguin Workshop announced Tuesday that Laufey\u2019s picture book, \u201cMei Mei The Bunny,\u201d will be published April 21. Illustrated by Lauren O\u2019Hara, the book tells of Mei Mei\u2019s determination to become a professional musician even as she encounters some initial struggles.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so excited to now share Mei Mei The Bunny in storybook form!\u201d Laufey said in a statement. \u201cMei Mei has been a part of my life for over the last few years and opening up the world around her has been the most beautiful exploration. I hope that anyone at any age can find something in Mei Mei\u2019s story that inspires them and connects them to the people in their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Born Laufey L\u00edn Bing J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir in Iceland, the 26-year-old Laufey is known for her distinctive blend of pop, classical and jazz. Her release from 2023, \u201cBewitched,\u201d won a Grammy for best traditional pop vocal album. Earlier this year, she released the album \u201cA Matter of Time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 She\u2019s won a Grammy, collaborated with Barbra Streisand and performed with the Los Angeles…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79185,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[489,60517,60516,156,26626,33340,2817,61302,61303,263,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-79184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-books","tag-books","tag-childrens-entertainment","tag-classical-music","tag-entertainment","tag-grammy-awards","tag-jazz","tag-jwd-evergreen","tag-laufey","tag-lauren-ohara","tag-lifestyle","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}