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Having conquered the world with his musical talent, former Beatle Paul McCartney has marked a departure into pastures new with the launch of his debut children's book.
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The music legend was clearly enthusiastic about his literary project, High In The Clouds, as he took time out from his 37-city US tour to ham it up for fans at the book's launch in a New York store. But then, with his daughter by wife Heather just turning two, the 63-year-old rocker - who also has a grown up family by first spouse Linda - is presumably getting in plenty of practice at reading bedtime stories.
High In The Clouds, which stars Wirral the Squirrel and the hot-air ballooning frog Froggo, is inspired by a short animated film the singer made a few years ago called Tropic Island Hum. Unsurprisingly, in light of his, Heather's and late wife Linda's beliefs about animal rights, the kiddies tale takes as its theme the liberation of animals from enslavement.
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Paul McCartney, Heather Mills-McCartney
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 | The former Beatle, whose two-year-old daughter Beatrice has presumably helped him keep his hand in when it comes to bedtime stories, treated fans to an excerpt from his debut kiddies tale at its New York launch
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 | In line with Sir Paul's high profile views on animal welfare, his literary debut focuses on the freeing of enslaved animal characters
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