--- title: Kelly Clarkson to Publish Children's Book 'River Rose' description: 'River Rose and the Magical Lullaby' is coming from HarperCollins canonical: https://time.com/4213880/kelly-clarkson-river-rose-children-book/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-09T16:49:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T14:54:38.271Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Kelly Clarkson to Publish Children's Book in October og:description: 'River Rose and the Magical Lullaby' is coming from HarperCollins og:url: https://time.com/4213880/kelly-clarkson-river-rose-children-book/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt094cc9d344977f39/69887ccf0b72e360956e80d0/kelly-clarkson-river-rose.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: kelly-clarkson-river-rose og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kelly Clarkson to Publish Children's Book in October twitter:description: 'River Rose and the Magical Lullaby' is coming from HarperCollins twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt094cc9d344977f39/69887ccf0b72e360956e80d0/kelly-clarkson-river-rose.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kelly Clarkson to Publish Children's Book in October ## Video: Kelly Clarkson Is Totally Real And 'Totally Pregnant' Again [Watch (HLS stream): Kelly Clarkson Is Totally Real And 'Totally Pregnant' Again](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/V6q9K62e.m3u8) (1:07)  _Published 2015-08-20. Kelly Clarkson announced her second pregnancy in the middle of a concert. And that's exactly why we love her._ by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Feb 9, 2016 4:49 PM UTC  HarperCollins; Rob Kim—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Feb 9, 2016 4:49 PM UTC > [](https://twitter.com/kelly%5Fclarkson/status/697087606664736768) Kelly Clarkson has a new creative project on the horizon: she’s written her first [picture](https://twitter.com/kelly%5Fclarkson/status/697087606664736768)[ book](https://twitter.com/kelly%5Fclarkson/status/697087606664736768), _River Rose and the Magical Lullaby_. The Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter announced the news in a [video on Twitter](https://twitter.com/kelly%5Fclarkson/status/697087606664736768) featuring her young daughter, the real-life River Rose. Explaining that she often takes her daughter along on international trips, Clarkson said they’ve seen “all these amazing places that she was too little to remember, basically, so I started writing down these little fun stories” about their adventures. “The little stories ended up turning into a book,” she said. The [story](http://www.kellyclarkson.com/river-rose/) follows a little girl who’s too excited about the next day’s zoo visit to fall asleep, until her mom sings her a lullaby that gives her dreams about playing with hippos, penguins and other zoo creatures. Clarkson joins the growing ranks of rockers-turned-children’s book authors, including [Madonna](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CNKPISO/?tag=timecom-20), [Keith Richards](http://www.amazon.com/dp/031632065X/?tag=timecom-20) and [Bruce Springsteen](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1501103857/?tag=timecom-20). “My hope,” says Clarkson, “is for little kids to read _River Rose and the Magical Lullaby_ and, you know, be inspired by it and know they can achieve anything.” The picture book, with illustrations by Laura Hughes, will be published by HarperCollins on [Oct. 4](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0062427563/?tag=timecom-20). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4213880/kelly-clarkson-river-rose-children-book/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4213880/kelly-clarkson-river-rose-children-book/"},"headline":"Kelly Clarkson to Publish Children's Book in October","datePublished":"2016-02-09T16:49:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:54:38.271Z","description":"River Rose and the Magical Lullaby is coming from HarperCollins","url":"https://time.com/4213880/kelly-clarkson-river-rose-children-book/","keywords":["Books"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt094cc9d344977f39/69887ccf0b72e360956e80d0/kelly-clarkson-river-rose.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt094cc9d344977f39/69887ccf0b72e360956e80d0/kelly-clarkson-river-rose.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"kelly-clarkson-river-rose","caption":"","creditText":"HarperCollins; Rob Kim—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4213880/kelly-clarkson-river-rose-children-book/","name":"Kelly Clarkson to Publish Children's Book in October"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Kelly Clarkson Is Totally Real And 'Totally Pregnant' Again","description":"Kelly Clarkson announced her second pregnancy in the middle of a concert. 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