ABBA: A Little Golden Book Biography

 If you remember, way back in 2013, I had the idea to publish my very own children's book about ABBA, something that I realized didn't seem to be available anywhere.  As a kid, I would go to the library in search of anything related to ABBA, and the only band-related biographies written with children in mind were about the Beatles.  So I had no choice but to beg my library to inter-library-loan biographies about ABBA that were not written with children in mind, and while I'm not saying that ABBA's story was scandalous or dirty in anyway, but discussion of "Sexy Bottoms", "Sex-Appeal", and "Sex" is definitely not something that a child should be reading about.  Never mind that those topics are not important or crucial to ABBA's story at all, but of course every author has to include something about that because they can.

So, I wrote and illustrated a book on ABBA, self-published it on Amazon's Create Space, now known as Kindle Direct Publishing, and that was that.  I have since done over that book twice, and not to toot my own horn, but I think I was able to fill a big gap in the ABBA book world.

Since my book's initial release in 2013, there have been a few more ABBA children's books that I can think of off the top of my head - "Sagan om ABBA" or "Pop Story" as its titled in English by none other than Bjorn Ulvaeus, and a french children's book on ABBA titled "Mes premières chansons d'ABBA", and I'm sure there are a few more as well.

But anyway, as of today, a new children's book on ABBA has been announced.  Published by Penguin Random House, author Jeneanne DeBoise and Illustrater Miake Plenzke are releasing a story on ABBA as part of the Little Golden Book Biographies series!  I grew up with access to Little Golden Books, and in the cereal aisle at the grocery store, they literally have a small shelf designated to all the newest Little Golden Book biographies (and I'm currently on the lookout for the new Chappell Roan biography haha), so this is quite exciting.

Despite ABBA's worldwide success, books on ABBA are not common in the US, at least not in my part of the US, so the fact that a major publishing company that releases books worldwide, America included, is releasing a book on ABBA, I am quite excited that there will be yet another way for children who might have in interest in ABBA to read about ABBA in a nice, child-friendly way.  

Now, will the book be accurate?  I'll have to find out when it's released in March, 2026, but I'm optimistic!