“Let the children use it”
A book about adjectives illustrated by Pintachan.
Shiny lightning bolt. High boots. Spikey hair. Glittery stars. Celebrate iconic musician David Bowie with little ones in this colorful, playful, and inspiring board book.
Keep reading for the press release.
#BabyBowie
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Running Press Kids announced today the upcoming publication of a new board book series: BABY ROCKER™. Reflecting the playful nature of the Running Press Kids imprint, the Baby Rocker™ series introduces the littlest book lovers to early concepts, like colors and shapes, through major icons in music.
The series will launch in fall 2019 with the publication of BABY BOWIE and BABY KISS, both on sale September 3rd. Baby Bowie and Baby KISS came to life with the support of Epic Rights/Perryscope Productions for Baby Bowie and Epic Rights for Baby KISS, plus adorable illustrations by Pintachan. Baby Bowie introduces adjectives (shiny lightning bolt, high boots, spiky hair), while Baby KISS introduces colors (black-and-white face paint, pink tongue, orange fireworks). Each book wraps up with a lyric (“Let’s Dance!” and “I wanna rock n’ roll all nite!”). These series launchers will be followed in spring 2020 by additional titles featuring other celebrated music artists.
“Baby Rocker™ is a fresh and exciting way for parents and grandparents to share their love of music with their little ones. We are thrilled to partner with Epic Rights and Perryscope Productions on these first two titles, and can’t wait to add more extraordinary rockers to the series,” says Kristin Kiser, VP/Publisher of Running Press.
While there are several board book series introducing children to literature and science (such as BabyLit and Baby University), no such series exists in the board book space celebrating contemporary musicians. This series aims to fill that space, appealing to the audience of the other series, while carving out an additional niche of its own: parents and grandparents hoping to share their musical passions with a new generation. BABY ROCKER™ will make the perfect gift for baby showers or for any new parent who is a superfan.
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About Running Press Kids:
Running Press Kids is a place where books come to play. Our close-knit, collaborative team aims to spark curiosity and creativity and to meet readers where they are with each book we create. We focus on design-driven, high-quality, fresh books for children and young adults that encourage engaged reading and exploration. We publish fun, playful, and inspirational board books; heartfelt, humorous, and diverse picture books; nonfiction that drives inquiry and wonder, along with a healthy dose of fun; and middle grade and young adult fiction that focuses on character-driven, relatable stories with real growth and self-discovery. Additionally, we are adept at working with licensors to create imaginative, fresh, and enduring books in novelty, activity, storybook, and other formats.
About Running Press:
Founded in 1972, Running Press has a history of publishing products that entertain, inspire, and delight. Running Press publishes close to 200 new titles a year under five imprints: Running Press Adult, Running Press Miniature Editions™, Running Press Kids, RP Studio, and Black Dog & Leventhal. Beautifully designed and creatively packaged, Running Press books, miniature editions, and stationery product cover a broad range of lifestyle and pop-culture categories that include licensed programs, humor, food and wine, craft, performing arts, children’s nonfiction, YA and middle grade fiction, picture books, and board books.
About Epic Rights
Epic Rights is a leading music industry retail branding, merchandising and concert artist services company representing many top artists. Epic Rights provides a broad scope of services, including retail branding and licensing, official artist’s website and social media management, official concert artists online shops, VIP ticketing, and official fan communities. Epic Rights is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. For more information, visit:www.epicrights.com.
About Perryscope Productions:
Perryscope Productions, LLC is a New York-based global licensing and merchandise company proudly representing iconic and eclectic clients such as Pink Floyd, Janis Joplin, Muddy Waters, Miles Davis, Creedence Clearwater Revival/John Fogerty (in association with Double Header Licensing, LLC), Genesis, The Police (in association with Easy Partners, LLC), The Band, Syd Barrett, David Gilmour, Isaac Hayes. In addition, Perryscope co-manages AC/DC, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie and the Woodstock Festival in partnership with Epic Rights. For more information visit http://www.perryscope.us