Laufey, the Grammy-winning artist, is creating a children’s story inspired by her mascot-alias, Mei Mei The Bunny<\/p>\n
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 She’s 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’s story inspired by her mascot-alias, Mei Mei The Bunny.<\/p>\n Penguin Workshop announced Tuesday that Laufey’s picture book, \u201cMei Mei The Bunny,\u201d will be published April 21. Illustrated by Lauren O’Hara, the book tells of Mei Mei’s 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":"Laufey, the Grammy-winning artist, is creating a children’s story inspired by her mascot-alias, Mei Mei The Bunny NEW…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[125934,966,223,84821,25976,88,40286,9891,149,216],"class_list":{"0":"post-224066","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-125934","9":"tag-article","10":"tag-books","11":"tag-childrens-entertainment","12":"tag-classical-music","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-grammy-awards","15":"tag-jazz","16":"tag-lifestyle","17":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}