So quarantining at a farm cleared my head and gave me space to do @fallontonight ——-working on @summerofsoulmovie kept me busy/focused/in the creative zone——but then online DJn kept me in a space of fun while the world was figuring out its predicament & future. Soon after DJn became a necessity—-so to wind down I’d make fun “music discovery” games partly to figure out what I’m spinning for the world & to catalog for a future book that wound up becoming #MusicIsHistory——-but soon after that I realized if there ever was a time to pivot & check off long lists of ideas I never had the time to do? 2020 was that period. Pleased to announce #RhythmInTime my first fiction story w #SACosby (@leoking8473) repost @people: Questlove Announces Children's Book Debut with Middle-Grade Time Travel Novel 'Rhythm of Time' Questlove hopes to "plant the seed" of creativity and possibility with readers and their parents in his debut children's book, a middle-grade novel titled The Rhythm of Time Questlove is sharing his love of time travel and hip-hop with a young audience. The multi-hyphenate — born Ahmir Thompson, originally known as the drummer for iconic hip-hop band The Roots — is releasing his first children's book, a middle-grade novel titled The Rhythm of Time, set to release in April 2023. Co-authored with New York Times bestselling and award-winning author S.A. Cosby, the series opener is published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers. The book follows best friends Kasia and Rahim, two nerdy Black teenagers trying to navigate time travel, family and friendship in Philadelphia, the author/filmmaker's hometown. Speaking with PEOPLE exclusively about his upcoming release, Questlove, 51, explains that what started as a pandemic project has grown to encompass a lot of his favorite things. "During 2020, I had a lot of time on my hands to tackle bucket list things I wouldn't have had time to otherwise. I had this burning desire, as a time travel obsessive myself, to knock this out," he shares. Teaming up with Cosby to write the book, a friend who he'd wanted to collaborate with, was an "easy decision."