--- title: Bruce Springsteen Writing Children's Book Based on Song Outlaw Pete description: It's about a bank-robbing baby, based on his song 'Outlaw Pete' canonical: https://time.com/3221911/bruce-springsteen-childrens-book/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-29T14:48:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:12:52.739Z og:title: Bruce Springsteen Is Writing a Children's Book og:description: It's about a bank-robbing baby, based on his song 'Outlaw Pete' og:url: https://time.com/3221911/bruce-springsteen-childrens-book/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcfdf020c488abaf1/6986a16ccd68485ac0096433/144687782.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4018 og:image:height: 2260 og:image:alt: US singer Bruce Springsteen and The E St og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bruce Springsteen Is Writing a Children's Book twitter:description: It's about a bank-robbing baby, based on his song 'Outlaw Pete' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcfdf020c488abaf1/6986a16ccd68485ac0096433/144687782.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bruce Springsteen Is Writing a Children's Book > Sponsored content. 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LLUIS GENE—AFP/Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 29, 2014 2:48 PM UTC Well, friends, it looks like the Boss is officially getting into the publishing game. He’s working on a book called _Outlaw Pete_, inspired by his 2009 [song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDqrniE3Uy8) of the same name, the New York _Times_ [reports](http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/28/a-book-for-children-and-others-by-bruce-springsteen/). Simon & Schuster, which is publishing the book, is touting it as a “a picture book for adults” that can also be read to children. (We’re pretty sure this actually means it’s a children’s book that can also be enjoyed by adults, but okay.) “It’s a book for anybody who loves a good Western,” Simon & Schuster president Jonathan Karp told the _Times_ Thursday. “Outlaw Pete,” from Springsteen’s 2009 album _Working on a Dream_, is an eight-minute track outlining the story of a bank-robbing baby. The book will pair Springsteen’s words with the illustrations of cartoonist Frank Caruso. It hits shelves November 4\. 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