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I love making books for children. Big kids, little kids, old kids and new.

I'm in love with kid's stories and animation.

Storybooks were always a big part of my imagination, and my childhood and adolescence.

I love doing kids' films.

I didn't start working on children's books until I got a job at a book warehouse on the children's floor. When I started reading some of the books, I was so impressed.

Then one day I thought it would be wonderful to make a whole book, to make my text and my drawings together, and that's how I started doing children's books.

My kids definitely give me all of my ideas. I'm always listening to what they talk about, how they play, what they play. Their imaginations are so incredible.

As a child, I spent a lot of time with things like Lego, building trains, cars, complex structures, and I really liked that.

I love making stuff. There's a joy in having the first molecule of an idea, then testing it in front of audiences at secret shows that people only know about the day before. I videotape those, study them, enjoy being in the character and figuring out the movie.