Hell Loen, Good morning you two. How are you doing? We are
doing well. Errow, great to be connected. Absolutely, I've been wanting
to talk with you guys for a long time because I I'm going to be
just like probably everybody else, is this story about you? Did you have
this moment? Because this moment here feels way too real. The book is
just amazing. Thank you Arrow and you you know you hit the nail on
the head. This is absolutely like the conversation that really really happened for you
to share this story. I mean, I can't imagine sitting down with with
with Henry and saying let's let's let's create a story and and and not only
that, let's go ahead and let's start getting readers at a young age that
are going to soon to be adults, and these books are going to be
there for their children. Yeah. That right, I mean, that's that
is the magic of remembering a good idea and then writing it down and then
sharing it with the world. And uh, you know this is it's it's
kind of amazing to have a conversation and then realize, you know what,
you're actually having a conversation with the entire because you know, our books my
books have been translated into over twenty five languages, and this book already has
been has We've sold the rights to probably seven different publishers around the world,
so you know, the book's not even out yet and it's been translated into
other languages. So we are thrilled. I love the title. How did
it come to you? All we need is love and a really soft pillow.
I love my pillow. My pillow is my life. Right. Pillows
are just a wonderful thing. I think I count it's about six on my
bed recently. And yeah, pillows are awesome. And Henry loves his pillow.
Henry loves sleep. I mean, he's how old are you now?
Forgot like fifty something fifty? You seem like you're fifty years old, Henry.
How long have we been working together? Twelve years? Twelve, yes,
twelve years. So Henry, Henry loves sleeping, he loves uh,
he loves his pillow. And we, uh, we're yeah, so we're
big fans of pillows. And that was one of the inspirations for this book.
Uh. We were on the beach on Cape Cod during COVID really and
of course we were dealing with that that big old crazy storm that blew in
for two or three years and we had this just amazing little father son moment.
Walked along the beach and I just told Henry and Henry, you know,
life is good, you know, life is it's this is going to
be okay. All shall be well. I said, you got me,
I've got you, We've got love. What else do we need? Which
is a rhetorical question. But then Henry, what did you you chirped in?
What did? All we need is love in a soft pillow of course
soft? Yeah, So so I said, well, this is true,
we need a soft pillow. So and then then we started adding to that
list, you know, a bar of chocolate, a roof of books,
and a roof right so uh and then by the end of the book,
they've they've got, you know, lots and lots of stuff collected and uh
and then a I don't know if you want us to share the ending or
no? No, because I because I love the ending and I don't want
to spoil that for readers and stuff because I want them to be able to
get to that final page and feel what I hope that I felt in my
heart because I mean it because to me it is. It is a chapter
of life and sitting down with with a very little one, uh and reading
this story. I mean it's because it teaches them we're going to build,
we're going to replenish, we're going to we're going to have all of this.
And that's what I love about this story is that you do it in
steps. Mmm. Yeah, yeah, the the uh and again without giving
things things away. Uh. You know, the there is this collection of
stuff that at the end of the book they don't have anymore, right,
and they do have to rebuild. But where do you rebuild from? If
you've got someone who loves you and cares about you, that's exactly where to
start, you know that hug after you know whatever, you know, storm
has blown in through your your life. Sometimes there are physical storms now with
climate change. I mean, there are a lot of people who they have
lost everything, they've lost everything through fire or storm. And then there are
people who lose things because you know, they're financial difficulties or it's you know,
a relationship that they've lost and they've got to go through a lot of
trauma, a lot of storms. And you know, in air books,
we use metaphor to help people deal with some big problems, big you know,
some big scary problems, and you know, you can do it in
a whimsical, very gentle, caring way. And that's the opportunity with a
good picture book is that you can have those meaningful conversations with kids who are
kind of still figuring out life and like, how you know, is this
the end? You know, are we ever going to have our things back?
Or there are things going to feel better? And you know, so
we hope that this book helps people feel, you know, lead with that
message, all shall be well as long as you've got someone who loves you.
Let me ask you a question, are you going to market these characters
and make them into like squishable pillows? Because I mean I could I could
totally see these two being squishables that you know. Uh, several people have
asked where when are the plush Plush's coming? And they are definitely we you
know, I wanted to design these characters, and actually Henry did a couple
of sketches and I add a little fur to the characters and by the time
we finished, I'm like, Henry, these these I want these as as
uh and they would actually make good pillows too, So state, Stay tuned.
We actually Scholastic, who is Eric Fadu's publisher of this book, for
a promotional item. They they took some of the artwork from the book and
created pill cases, so they've been sprinkled across the country. If you're lucky
enough to go to an independent bookstore near you, they may actually have one
of these limited edition pillowcases. But honestly, now that I've seen my stuff
on on pillowcases and I think I'm ready to do bed sheets and curtains and
I'd love it. I'd love to do all that. You guys have got
to come back to this show anytime in the future. I love where your
heart is, and I know that there's going to be more and more and
more books. Absolutely, we got more, more in more in store.
So thank you for letting us share our story with uh. Yeah, all
we need is love and a really soft pillow. I love it. Be
brilliant today, Okay, you two, thank you. Thanks Erro