Lorraine by Ketch Secor, illus. by Higgins Bond, is a 2018 Okra Pick

10/2/2018

We are excited to share that Lorraine by Ketch Secor, illustrated by Higgins Bond, is an Okra Pick!

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Learn more about Lorraine:

A future classic, Lorraine celebrates the bond a young girl shares with her grandfather through their mutual love of music

Old Crow Medicine Show founder and Grammy award-winning musician Ketch Secor teams up with Ashley Bryan Award-winning illustrator Higgins Bond to create this sweeping, epic Americana story about the power of music and family.

“Who needs a whistle or some shiny thing
when you’ve got a voice and a song that can sing!”

Lorraine and her Pa Paw spend their days celebrating life with the music of the Tennessee hills. With Pa Paw’s harmonica and Lorraine’s pennywhistle, the pair can face just about anything. But when a fearsome storm rolls in and their instruments are nowhere to be found, can Lorraine find the music inside herself to get them through?

This not-to-be-missed story appeals to the ear as much as it does to the eye as Lorraine shows readers that music can make any situation more enjoyable. --Kirkus Reviews, Starred review

About Ketch Secor and Higgins Bond:

Ketch Secor is a founding member of Old Crow Medicine Show, a Grammy Award—winning group that has been inducted as members of the Grand Ole Opry. In 2017 and 2018, Old Crow Medicine Show released three critically acclaimed albums: Best of Old Crow Medicine Show (Nettwerk), 50 Years of Blonde On Blonde (Columbia Nashville), a reimagined version of Bob Dylan's classic Blonde on Blonde album, and Volunteer (Sony Music Nashville). Ketch lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

For more information, visit oldcrowmedicine.com.

Higgins Bond received the 2009 Ashley Bryan Award for outstanding contribution to children’s literature. She s a fine artist and freelance illustrator with over 40 years of experience illustrating books, magazines, posters, calendars, ads, collectors’ plates, brochures, figurines, dolls, and individual painting commissions. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

Visit her at higginsbondartist.com.