Hey Grandude! är Paul McCartneys första bilderbok för unga läsare. Denna inbundna bok kommer att publiceras hos the Random House Books både i USA och i England. Men vi får ge oss till tåls ända till september 2019! Varför har han skrivit den här boken? Som han säger nedan, har han faktiskt åtta barnbarn!

Så här säger Paul själv om den kommande boken:
I’ve written a new children’s picture book. It’s called Hey Grandude!Why? Well… I’ve got eight grandchildren and they’re all beautiful and one day one of them said to me “Hey Grandude!”. I said “What?” and I thought, I kind of like that, so from then on I was kind of known as Grandude. So I thought, you know what, it’s actually a nice idea for a book, so I started to write some stories, and then I talked to the book publishers and they liked what I was doing.  

So basically it’s about a character called Grandude who represents grandfathers everywhere. He has four grandchildren and he calls them “Chillers”. They love him and they go on adventures with him and he’s kind of magical, so you’ll see that in the book. I wanted to write it for grandparents everywhere – and the kids – so it gives you something to read to the grandkids at bed time.”

Hey Grandude! är en fartfylld bilderbok som att åka i en berg- och dalbana. Här presenteras en magisk farfar/morfar – Grandude – och hans fyra barnbarn. Det lär vara en hjärtevärmande familjehistoria; ett spännande och underbart äventyr med en liten magiskt touch. Bokens innehåll är givetvis inspirerat av Pauls egna erfarenheter av att vara farfar/morfar. Boken är illustrerad av en kommande stjärna inom sitt gebit – Kathryn Durst, som representeras av Arabella Stein vid reklambyrån The Bright Agency.

Grandude med sina fyra barnbarn på en utflykt på landet. Ser rätt härligt ut, eller hur?

Så här säger illustratören Kathryn Durst om sitt arbete med boken:
I am thrilled to be able to create the illustrations for Hey Grandude!because I just love adventure stories with a touch of magic! This story especially resonated with me because I have wonderful childhood memories of my dad taking my siblings and me on exciting adventures, just like Grandude does in the book. I am very excited to be able to work with Paul McCartney on this project. It has been such a treat to collaborate with such an inspiring and accomplished artist. We both want to make an exciting and beautiful book that kids will want to read again and again!

Francesca Dow, vd för Penguin Random House Children’s, har följande att säga om arbetet med boken:
Paul McCartney is one of the greatest wordsmiths and visionaries of all time. When we learned he was writing a picture book we were confident it would be something special, but what he and Kathryn Durst have created together is so much more than we could have imagined. Hey Grandude! is an inventive fantasy fizzing with magic, brimful of humour and heart – and Grandude himself is a one-of-a-kind hero for all generations. Children, parents and grandparents will all want to go adventuring with Grandude.

Här har Grandude tagit med sig barnbarnen till stranden för ett badäventyr.