Cheryl Cole is releasing a book

The 'Fight for This Love' singer – who recently split from her soccer star husband Ashley Cole – will showcase her own personal photographs and previously unseen images in 'Cheryl Cole – My World', a collection of pictures that will be published in September.

The Girls Aloud star admitted she was amazed at how much she has changed when she started choosing pictures for the book.

She said: "I think looking at pictures is a bit like listening to music – it reminds you of what was happening and how you were feeling at certain times in your life. Sometimes I look at old pictures and I can't believe that was me. I think we all do that.

"I went through a phase of being a bit tomboyish when I loved trainers and Timberland boots and baggy trousers. I had pink streaks in my hair at one point but I was experimenting and at the time I liked it.

"I can look at photos and straight away they'll bring back loads of memories. That's really why I wanted to do this book, so I could choose pictures that mean something to me and tell the stories that go with them."

The book is being published by Transworld, and the company are delighted to be working with Cheryl.

Editorial Director Sarah Emsley said: "Last year Cheryl Cole had a number one single, a number one album and was a judge on the UK's most successful television programme. She continues to be an integral member of the most successful girl band the UK has ever seen. Warm, talented, incredibly beautiful, greatly loved by the British public and an absolute joy to work with, she is the most talked about celebrity in the UK today. We could not be more thrilled to be publishing the first official Cheryl Cole book."