My goal is to make sure (children's) books address a whole range of emotions, ... There are too many books that are too sweet, too saccharine. Everyone is happy, everything is good, everything is fine. And that's just not real life.

I have no recollection of ever seeing Ms. Barrett's book — though it would be foolish of me not to consider the possibility that I might have seen it decades ago and that its structure and some of its language imprinted somewhere on my subconscious.

I have no recollection of ever seeing Ms. Barrett's book though it would be foolish of me not to consider the possibility that I might have seen it decades ago and that its structure and some of its language imprinted somewhere on my subconscious.

I have no recollection of ever seeing Ms. Barrett's book - though it would be foolish of me not to consider the possibility that I might have seen it decades ago and that its structure and some of its language imprinted somewhere on my subconscious.

I have no recollection of ever seeing Ms. Barrett's book -- though it would be foolish of me not to consider the possibility that I might have seen it decades ago and that its structure and some of its language imprinted somewhere on my subconscious.

I have no recollection of ever seeing Ms. Barrett's book - though it would be foolish of me not to consider the possibility that I might have seen it decades ago and that its structure and some of its language imprinted somewhere on my subconscious.