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I’m officially a children’s book author! River Rose and the Magical Lullaby comes out this October! #NewProjecthttps://t.co/qSAmmYr3ik

— Kelly Clarkson (@kelly_clarkson) February 9, 2016

Kelly Clarkson has signed a deal with HarperCollins Children’s Books. The singer has become well-known as a three-time Grammy Award-winning recording artist and the winner of the 2002 season of American Idol.

According to The Seattle Times, Laura Hughes will serve as the illustrator on this project. The publication date for River Rose and the Magical Lullaby has been set for October 2016.

Clarkson posted a video about this picture book on her social media page; we’ve embedded her Twitter post above. TIME reports that “the story follows a little girl who’s too excited about the next day’s zoo visit to fall asleep, until her mom sings her a lullaby that gives her dreams about playing with hippos, penguins and other zoo creatures.”

Lorie Ann Grover and I have often included songs by Kelly Clarkson on our rgz playlists. We're both really digging Kelly's new album, Stronger.

While listening to the album, I dropped by Kelly's website and discovered this awesome forum for Stronger Stories, which simply asks: "What has made you stronger?" and encourages people to share their stories of strength.

We here at rgz encourage you to do the same, be it here at this blog, there at Stronger Stories, in an important in-person discussion with your family or friends, or simply in your personal diary or journal. You are all strong, each and every one of you reading this blog, and we salute your strength.

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I know this is unrelated to writing for children, but there were children in the audience as well as every other age group. And, this was such a great concert I had to write about it.

The concert was at the Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, CT and is was spectacular.
The show opened with both dynamic and powerful singers on stage performing, and without any breaks they sang for two hours straight. At the finale, they took a couple of minutes to change their outfits and came back out in black pants and black tops for another three songs.

The two sang an array of each others' songs and with two of the best singing voices in the business, it was an electrifying experience. Even during their solos, the other singer sang backup on stage. They were both dressed simply in jeans and sleeveless tops. It was truly all about the music.

I went especially to see Reba McEntire and it was my very first Reba concert - the added bonus was that it was with Kelly Clarkson. The two gave 110% and it showed. They make an unstoppable duo.

If they are ever in my neck of the woods again, I will definitely go to see them. I highly recommend their concerts to any and all - you will not be disappointed.

I am a huge Reba fan and now I am a Kelly Clarkson fan also.

Karen