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Singing the Storms Away

Old Crow Medicine Show frontman Ketch Secor and illustrator Higgins Bond discuss their new picture book, Lorraine.

Singing the Storms Away

A Queendom Under the Sea

Illustrator Janet K. Lee will celebrate the release of the graphic novel Sea Sirens, her collaboration with comic book writer Amy Chu, at Parnassus Books in Nashville on June 11.

Celebrating Your “You-ness”

For more than two decades, Franklin-based author-illustrator Marianne Richmond has been creating books that celebrate children and family. Richmond will visit Parnassus Books on June 1 to share her newest picture book, Hooray for You!, with children and their families.

Celebrating Your “You-ness”

It’s OK to Roar

In Over the Moon, the latest middle-grade novel from Chattanooga writer Natalie Lloyd, Mallie Ramble lives in a mountainous land blanketed by Dust, a mysterious substance that has completely blotted out the stars. In this charming allegory, Lloyd highlights themes of family love, friendship, loyalty, courage, and persistence.

The Ball is Your Heart

In this interview, which first appeared at Chapter 16 in 2015, Kwame Alexander reflects on basketball, music, political consciousness, and the challenges and rewards of writing. Alexander will appear at the Benjamin L. Hooks Library in Memphis on April 22 and at Lipscomb University in Nashville on April 23. 

The Ball is Your Heart

Being Neighborly the Maggie Valley Way

East Tennessee native Kerry Madden-Lunsford visits Parnassus Books on April 14 to share her newest picture book, Ernestine’s Milky Way, with young readers.

Being Neighborly the Maggie Valley Way

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