tell me about the inspiration for this. >> you know, the -- the genesis of the book probably happened at a point when i was pregnant. and was cleaning out our grandmother's storage locker in hawaii. and i came across all of these boxes -- when i say all of these boxes, it may have been two or three. and on the top of one of the boxes, our mother had written for maya's children. and i opened them up and it was all of my childhood books and toys. and mom being who she was, out looked like the united nations. there was sort of a toy from every country, you know, doll from every country. everything was fully represented. and it was at that moment, of course, that i sort of felt her loss all over again and longed for her and thought about how much i needed her because i was,