![]() ![]() She can define herself in a different way. The idea of this being the last book with this character may not be a bad thing. Since this is a book about endings, it has to be an end.Īnd my daughter Trixie, who’s now nine, has had to balance between the real Trixie and the fictional Trixie. ![]() I don’t think an ending is necessarily a sad or bad thing. These are very personal stories, and I feel as though giving them closure kind of protects them. Ronald Searle says as soon as your children become successful, murder them. The story kind of dictates the ending for these characters. Why end Knuffle Bunny now? It just feels like it’s time. ![]() I hadn’t planned to have a carnival in the book, but I pulled my car over and began taking pictures until the security guards got nervous. ![]() In one place there was a carnival in town and it was early morning and no one was there. I took two trips to Holland and drove the length and breadth of the country trying to find things to photograph, which was wonderful. A few of the photos in the spread showing Knuffle Bunny traveling around the world were taken by other people. I took the photos for the illustrations, but for the first time I didn’t take every single one. And in a purely visual sense, Holland is a beautiful place. ![]()
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