{"id":123111,"date":"2025-10-15T07:10:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T07:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/123111\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T07:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T07:10:10","slug":"grammy-winner-laufey-launches-childrens-book-mei-mei-the-bunny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/123111\/","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":123112,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266],"tags":[359,74067,74066,18,117,10434,19,17,34262,10160,14208,74953,3521,337],"class_list":{"0":"post-123111","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-childrens-entertainment","10":"tag-classical-music","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-grammy-awards","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland","16":"tag-jazz","17":"tag-jwd-evergreen","18":"tag-laufey","19":"tag-lauren-ohara","20":"tag-lifestyle","21":"tag-music"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}