Strawberry Swing: A Children's Picture Book

by Coldplay, Mitch Miller (Illustrator)

Coldplay’s warm and infectious hit song “Strawberry Swing” finds a perfect vessel in this gentle picture book for children.

"I rememberWe were walking up to strawberry swingI can't wait till the morningWouldn't wanna change a thing..."

Strawberry Swing is a tenderly illustrated picture book of one of Coldplay’s best known songs. It was the fifth single released from their hit album Viva la Vida, and gained widespread acclaim for its accompanying stop-motion animation music video.

With lyrics by Coldplay and illustrations by Mitch Miller, Strawberry Swing tells a sweet story of friendship, encapsulating the innocence, fun, and struggle of finding someone special—and wanting to share every moment with them. The book provides an excellent opportunity to introduce Coldplay’s irresistible melodies to children who will delight in both the music and the message.

Genres: Picture Books, Music

34 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 1, 2021

Reviews

[Gio-Karmaversum · Rating 5 out of 5]

Coldplay Liebe! Für immer!
❤🧡💛💚💙💜

[J Earl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Strawberry Swing by Coldplay is another excellent addition to the LyricPop series of children's books. Combining song lyrics and illustrations for children is a wonderful idea and I have been impressed with all of the ones I have seen.

To the extent that there is a story here, it will likely make adults ponder what happened. But so what! Children hearing the story read to them, or reading it themselves, will simply experience happiness at two friends being reunited.

As I've commented on past reviews and to friends, these books offer a wonderful opportunity to read to a child, show the pictures and enjoy that aspect, and introduce them to the songs. A chance for bonding over several different things and the bonding is perhaps the most important part of picture books for kids.

Recommended for parents and/or as gifts. I also would imagine a Coldplay fan would want it simply because it is Coldplay, so another gift idea.

Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via Edelweiss.

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had no idea this LyricPop series existed until I was looking for new Coldplay stuff from the library and saw this listed. It's a very simple picture book about two friends sharing a swing over the lyrics of the song. The song is pretty simple so the story is as well. I was excited though when I got to the back and saw all the other songs in this series. Can't wait to hear a Pixies song put to a children's book.

[RyReads · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a hard song to translate into a book. It was just "ok" as a result.

[Amargî · Rating 4 out of 5]

I Reviewed a copy made available by the publisher via Edelweiss - Thank you very much for that!

The idea of ​​designing a children's book from a song is a really creative idea to make reading or reading aloud playful and interesting and also offers access to music.

The illustrations are wonderful, they are very simply designed so that a child would understand what this is about and therefore very kid-friendly.

Strawberry-Swing offers us a child-friendly introduction to the subject of friendship and the course of life and makes it clear that one should enjoy every moment

[Adam Schleicher · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Stephani · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not every song needs to be made into a book. This is one that should not have been.