River Rose and the Magical Lullaby

River Rose and the Magical Lullaby is a

Premise

It's a big day for River Rose as she is about to visit the zoo. But when she is too excited to fall asleep the night before, it takes a magical lullaby from her mom to send her off on a dream and musical adventure—soon River Rose is hopscotching with the hippos, slip-sliding with the penguins, and dancing with the big brown bears.^[1]

Background and publication

River Rose and the Magical Lullaby was inspired by Clarkson's daughter,^[2] whom she took to various international locations—such as Vietnam, the United Kingdom, and Australia, while in the midst of a promotional campaign for her seventh studio album, Piece by Piece in 2015.^[3] Believing that her daughter was too young to be able to remember the places they visited, she wrote a variety of short stories to accompany a set of photographs she had filmed during their trips abroad for future use.^[3] Clarkson later developed those stories into a picture book,^[4][5] in which she remarked that she hoped that other children can also be inspired by it and know they that can achieve anything.^[6]

On February 9, 2016, David Linker of

Prior to release of the book, Michelle Lynn praised it, stating that the book "exceeded all expectations." She noted that "the pictures are emotive and cute. The words flow off your tongue, making it much more pleasant to read the same book a million times" and "the rhymes never once lean toward the cheesy side". She concluded the review on a positive note, saying that "there isn't a single thing not to like about this story or the way it's presented".[9]

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