Back in May, White Stripes’ guitarist Jack White announced that he’d be releasing a children’s book later this year via Third Man Books. The book called We’re Going To Be Friends reimagines the White Stripes’ classic song of the same name off 2001’s White Blood Cells, following the innocent childhood friendship between the singer and a girl classmate named Suzy Lee. To create the accompanying images, White tapped illustrator Elinor Blake (who is also a musician, better known as April March, whose song “Chick Habit” was featured in Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof) for We’re Going To Be Friends. The book drops on November 7th, though the book is available for pre-order here now, and each copy of White’s book comes with a download card for the original White Stripes version of its title song, along with renditions by April March and The Woodstation Elementary School Singers.
Though his public appearances are frequently sparse, to promote the upcoming release of We’re Going To Be Friends, Jack White will be hosting a number of promotional appearances at Barnes & Noble locations in New York City and Los Angeles. On November 4th, White will appear at a Barnes & Noble in Los Angeles, while on November 11th, he will appear at Barnes & Noble’s location on the Upper West Side.
[H/T Jambands]