CHANNING TATUM ON THE MAKING OF SPARKELLA

1. The first one…I didn’t even mean for it to be a book. It was just this experience

that I had with my daughter. She’s so flamboyant with costumes and things and I witnessed the first time she didn’t want to wear something because she didn’t know if the kids would make fun of her. It broke my heart because I saw my child

change in front of me for the very first

time, so that one was about the nervous

ness and the anxiety of expectations and

the things come along with that. 2. The second book was [based on] another experience that I had with Evy, building a birdhouse. We didn’t have any of the things that she wanted to make it with. When she freed herself up to think

about what it could be with the stuff that

we did have, it actually turned out to be

better than what she designed in the first

place. She was so happy with it.

3. I didn’t really know what to do for the third book, but I remembered a time

when I’d put Evy to bed for the night and she called me back and she’s in tears. She said, “I can’t tell you. You’re going to be mad. You’re going to call the cops.” I was, like, “What? Please tell me what it is.” She was, like, “Promise you won’t be mad.” I said, “I won’t be mad at you.” She told me she had stolen a toy car from school, and she didn’t know what to do. She didn’t know if she should take it back or whatever. It was eating her up inside. After she told me, I could see her visibly get better and the weight was less heavy. Truth is a is a big one, I think, for kids and for adults.