Former Beatle Paul McCartney released "Hey Grandude", a children's book inspired by his experiences as a grandfather of eight, it also features a CD version narrated by the musician himself.

Despite claiming that the protagonist is not her alter ego, because it has magical powers, He acknowledged that his experiences served him to create this particular story, he explained in an interview on BBC, replicating EFE.

"I imagined it as a sort of old coot", said the British musician 77 years, who plotted the central character he has a gray beard, a monkey, a hat and a magic compass that guides.

"It is assumed that Grandude not me because he is magical and not", he said McCartney, although the fact of being a grandfather like him and who plays the guitar are commonalities between the two.

Artwork "Hey Grandude", whose title is a nod to the classic "Hey Jude", Beatles, They were led by Kathryn Durst.

In their statements, McCartney stressed the importance of sharing games and stories at bedtime, despite the advance of internet and video games in the taste of children.