they need to make that right. >> it is the collaboration with her daughter emma walton hamilton on aof best-selling children's books that is captivating a new generation of fans. their latest installment is "the very fairy princess." congratulations, girls. >> thank you. >> once again, welcome. once again, it is adorable. >> so cute. >> thank you for being here. you can go home now. >> the ideas just keep coming for this little character, don't they? >> she's so rich, really. >> she is. we know her so well now that it is great fun. she is like a member of our family. >> and they do become like family, they become real. >> they become family to a whole generation of little children reading them. and that is so -- you have a legacy of all your films which have done that. now to have this with your own daughter. >> this is such a pleasure. >> nothing sweeter. >> i know. >> how do you work together? how does that work out? >> we really -- it is very organic process. mostly verbal. i'm the scribe and we brainstorm out loud. >> yes, we do. >> over tea. >> over tea, lots of tea. and the bes

she is also, of course, a successful author, collaborating with her daughter emma walton hamilton onyou. >> nice to see you, too. >> you two are prolific. this is the eighth book in in particular series. >> that's right. and our 28th together, if you can believe it. >> i'm always amazed by this, because this is a mother-daughter collaboration that really works. why do you think it works, julie? >> because i think we -- i have to say this. we have a huge respect for each other. and the best idea wins. and it's such a pleasure. it's like playing in a wonderful sand box. there's a lot of work and research from other projects. but it's just fun, isn't it? >> it is. and it's such a pleasure to write for kids. it's such a wonderfully inspiring sort of mission-driven thing to do together. >> now this book has to do with graduation day. >> moving on. >> the larger theme is change, something that everybody can understand. >> yes. and how little girls have to embrace that, too. you know, when they graduate. >> the main character is loosely based on your daughter emma. >> she is inspired by my