Ringo Starr to Publish Children's Book Based on Beatles' Octopus's Garden

Simon and Schuster Children's Books today announced a worldwide publication agreement with Ringo Starr for a picture book edition of his famous Beatles hit, Octopus's Garden, 45 years after the song was first written.

The book will be published as a hardback edition plus CD, with audio content to include an original, previously un-heard music track from Ringo and a reading of the story.

Ben Cort, the illustrator of Aliens Love Underpants and a life-long Beatles fan, has been signed up to illustrate the book.