Illustrations by Matt James 
In the children’s book The One About the Blackbird, a young boy learns to play guitar from his grandfather. And there’s one song in particular they love.
“Are we allowed to say?” laughs Melanie Florence. “It’s kind of obvious what song I’m referring to.”
That song is, of course, “Blackbird,” by The Beatles.
“My parents had that on vinyl and they were big Beatles fans,” says Florence. It was something she and illustrator Matt James
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