Stephen Colbert Writes Children's Book, Justin Bieber Inks Another Memoir

February 22, 2012 8:43 AM EST

Television host Stephen Colbert and singing sensation Justin Bieber are expanding their publishing reach with more books.

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Colbert is coming out with a children's book titled "I Am a Pole (And So Can You!)" and another book -- this one for grown-ups -- titled "America Again: Re-Becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't," The Associated Press reported.

The children's book is about a flag pole with an identity crisis that has to figure out its own purpose for being.

The title is a play on a previous work Colbert published in 2007, titled "I Am America (And So Can You!)."

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Colbert mentioned the children's book in an interview he did on "The Colbert Report" with Maurice Sendak, author of "Where the Wild Things Are."

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Both of Colbert's new tomes will be published by Grand Central Publishing. "I Am a Pole" is scheduled to hit bookstores on May 8 and "America Again" will come out in October, The AP reported.

"I hope the minutes you and your loved ones spend reading it are as fulfilling as the minutes I spent writing it," Colbert said in a statement about the children's book.

As for Bieber, he inked another book deal with HarperCollins, The AP reported.

"Justin Bieber: Just Getting Started" is scheduled for a September release and will go into his experiences in acting, recording and touring. He previously published "First Step 2 Forever: My Story" in 2010.

The Bieber book news comes after HarperCollins inked another major deal: The memoir of Amanda Knox. That book is scheduled for a 2013 release, according to The AP.

Watch Colbert poke fun at his own book -- and his interview with Sendak.