Now Available—LyricPop: A New Picture Book Series!

Akashic Books launches LyricPop, A New Picture Book Series Presenting Your Favorite Song Lyrics

LyricPop presents your favorite song lyrics by renowned songwriters as illustrated picture books, instilling a love of music and song among young readers.

The series launches today with the first four titles:

Good Vibrations, song lyrics by Mike Love and Brian Wilson, illustrations by Paul Hoppe

We’re Not Gonna Take It, song lyrics by Dee Snider, illustrations by Margaret McCartney

Don’t Stop, song lyrics by Christine McVie, illustrations by Nusha Ashjaee

African, song lyrics by Peter Tosh, illustrations by Rachel Moss

“LyricPop represents two things I’m passionate about—music, and books for children,” said Johnny Temple, publisher of Akashic Books. “As both a musician and a publisher, I hope LyricPop will inspire parents, grandparents, and others to read (and even sing!) these books aloud with the children in their lives.”

Akashic Books is a Brooklyn-based independent publisher known for groundbreaking work such as the best-selling parody children’s book Go the F*ck to Sleep by Adam Mansbach; literary fiction by Booker Prize–winning authors Marlon James, Bernardine Evaristo, and Ben Okri; and the children’s picture book I Love You Too by musician Ziggy Marley.

The first four books in the LyricPop series: Good Vibrations, We’re Not Gonna Take It, Don’t Stop, and African, are now available wherever books are sold—or just click the links above to order directly!

Posted: Jan 14, 2020

Category: News | Tags: African, Brian Wilson, Christine McVie, Dee Snider, Good Vibrations, LyricPop, LyricVerse, Margaret McCartney, Mike Love, Nusha Ashjaee, Paul Hoppe, Peter Tosh, Rachel Moss, song lyrics