UMPG’s U.K. team worked with Ringo Starr to develop the lyrics of “Octopus’s Garden” into a successful children’s book. The book is based on a child's fantasy journey under the sea. Published by Simon & Schuster and illustrated by renown U.K. artist Ben Court, the best-selling book has been released with eight foreign editions: US, Italy, Spain, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, Turkey and Greece.  In addition UMP/Simon and Schuster and Starr are working with French animation company SuperProd the rights to develop an animated TV series based on the book.