Victoria Monét pens upcoming children’s book ‘Everywhere You Are’

Victoria Monét is the author of new lyrical children’s book, “Everywhere You Are.” (Photo: Getty Images, cover: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers)

Victoria Monét hopes her new lyrical children’s book helps heal separation anxiety, “mom guilt,” and more.

Singer and songwriter Victoria Monét is expanding her creative portfolio with a lyrical children’s book. Next summer, the Grammy-winning artist will debut “Everywhere You Are,” a picture book featuring illustrations from Alea Marley.

“This book means so much to me!” Monét told People magazine. “I love many types of writing, from poetry to music and eventually scripts, and it has always been a special dream of mine to write children’s books.”

To be published in both English and Spanish, Monét’s melodic picture book will serve as a resource for young readers battling separation anxiety while offering some healing to parents as well. Aimed at readers between the ages of two and five, “Everywhere You Are” tells the story of a moon who comforts a young star as night ends and they separate.

“I wanted to address it this way so that there would be reinforcement of a mutual understanding between parent and child; that no matter how far apart we ever are at any given moment, we are together through love we share for each other,” she added.

In addition to being an award-winning songwriter, singer, and performer, Monét is mother to a three-year-old daughter, Hazel Monét Gaines, whom she shares with her ex-boyfriend John Gaines. Balancing motherhood and her career, the “Jaguar” star says that writing the book “healed a portion of naturally occurring mom guilt for not being able to be in two places at once.”

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