Reese Witherspoon's new children's book is inspired by her experiences with motherhood—the good and the bad.
, the actress and producer explained how her own experiences with raising children gave her the perspective she needed to write a realistic children's book. Her new book,which is released tomorrow, doesn't hold back when it comes to the tantrums.
"It was really important to me to have an artist render Betty how kids really are," said Witherspoon. "So Xindi Yan is this artist that I met, and she just had these amazing designs that felt really modern. But also she does these really funny things, like her expression of kids outrage."As Witherspoon went on to explain, the "epic meltdowns" in her book are, in fact, inspired by her own kids.
"I have three kids myself, and I don't know a kid who doesn't have an epic meltdown at least once a day," said Witherspoon. "So I wanted her meltdown to look real, like I wanted tears to be shooting out of her face. Xindi really got that.", 25, and Deacon Phillippe, 21, with ex-husband Ryan Phillippe. After the pair split, Witherspoon was faced with some of the difficulties that come with being a single parent.
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