Slick Rick’s “Children’s Story” Turned Into Actual Children’s Book

Slick Rick’s 1988 classic “Children’s Story” is a tale of armed robbery, a police chase, a pregnant woman being held hostage, a “dope fiend” producing a shotgun, and ultimately, a kid getting shot down by police. Now, the song is being turned into an actual children’s book with illustrations and a puffy cover. The Great Adventures of Slick Rick… Children’s Book is coming on Record Store Day (April 22) via Get on Down and Def Jam. It’s packaged with a picture sleeve 45 with “Children’s Story” backed by “The Moment I Feared.” It also comes with a CD copy of the full 1988 album The Great Adventures of Slick Rick. Find more info here and check out some photos of the book below.

See where “Children’s Story” landed on Pitchfork’s “200 Best Songs of the 1980s” list.

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