Otis Redding’s Song “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay” Comes To Life In An Illustrated Children’s Book

The new children’s book will be out March 2.

Otis Redding Foundation and LyricPop

Karla Redding-Andrews is the executive director and vice president of the Otis Redding Foundation. “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes and Redding-Andrews last spoke in the fall of 2020, when the release of the children’s book “Respect” came out. The book is based on the lyrics to Otis Redding’s famous song. Now, there’s a new children’s book in the series called “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of The Bay.” Redding-Andrews joined Reitzes again, along with Kaitlyn Shea O’Connor, the illustrator of the book.

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