“The story of a misfit kid who grew up to be a punk rock hero”: Joey Ramone to be the subject of a new children’s book

Gabbe Gabba We Accept You cover, drawing of Joey Ramone singing.

Here’s a news story that will moisten the eyes of even the most cynical old punk – the late Joey Ramone is set to be the subject of a children’s picture book for “all the kids who feel a little different.”

It’s called Gabba Gabba We Accept You: The Wondrous Tale of Joey Ramone and will be published in June via Drag City, the publishing arm of the indie record label of the same name. The author is Jay Ruttenburg, with illustrations by Lucinda Schreiber.