When You’re Feeling Sick

This laugh-out-loud picture book from Coy Bowles, guitarist for the Grammy Award-winning Zac Brown Band, will have sick kids feeling better in no time

Sneezing? Coughing? Taking a sick day? Don't worry, you'll be feeling better soon thanks to this hilarious picture book from Coy Bowles, guitarist of the Grammy Award-winning Zac Brown Band. Full of encouraging--and super-silly--rhyming advice on how to face sick days with courage and a positive attitude, When You're Feeling Sick is just what the doctor ordered Comes with a sheet of stickers to bring a smile to every sick kid's face.

COY BOWLES plays guitar and organ and writes songs for the multiplatinum Zac Brown Band. They have won three Grammys and since 2009 have earned 55 award nominations from the Grammys, Academy of Country Music, American Music Awards, Country Music Association, and Country Music Television. Born in Thomaston, Georgia, Coy was raised on love, support, and the idea that he could do anything he put his heart and soul into. After earning a degree from Georgia State University’s Jazz Studies program, Coy formed the band Coy Bowles and the Fellowship. In 2006, they opened for the Zac Brown Band, and soon after Zac asked Coy to join his band full time. Coy’s children’s books include When You’re Feeling Sick and Amy Giggles: Laugh Out Loud. Visit Coy at coybowles.com.


ANDY ELKERTON is the illustrator of When You’re Feeling Sick by Coy Bowles and the New York Times bestseller How to Catch a Leprechaun. He began his career as a graphic designer for video games, when the industry was still in its infancy, and after fourteen years decided to try his hand at being a children’s book illustrator. Since 2002 he has produced work for picture books, advertising, and toy design. He lives in a small town on the west coast of Scotland with his wife and three children.