WE MISSED YOU. >>> NOW, TO A SPECIAL WEEK-LONG
SERIES WE ARE CALLING "GIRLS CHANGING THE WORLD."
AND WE'RE JOINED BY FIRST-TIME AUTHOR, MISS SAVANNAH GUTHRIE,
AND HER CO-AUTHOR, ALLISON
OPPENHEIM. >> "PRINCESSES WEAR PANTS."
HERE'S YOUR EXCITING FIRST LOOK.
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>> I FEEL LIKE IT'S A NEW "STAR WARS" MOVIE OR SOMETHINMETHING.
>> I THINK I'M JERRY BRUCKHEIMER.
>> THAT IS EPIC. CONGRATULATIONS.
NICE TO SEE YOU BOTH. CAN WE MENTION OFF THE BAT, THAT
ALLIE, IS MARRIED TO NOAH
OPPENHEIM, SO, THIS WAS A TOUGH BOOKING.
HOW DID YOU GET EACH OTHER? HOW DID YOU GET TOGETHER ON
THIS? >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S FUN,
IS IT'S THE STORY OF MAKING A NEW FRIEND AND HAVING AN IDEA
AND GOING FOR IT. WE HAD ONLY MET A COUPLE TIMES.
WE WERE NEW GIRLFRIENDS. AND WE BONDED OVER HOW OUR
DAUGHTERS WERE INTO EVERYTHING PRINCESSY.
AND WE CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA. AND WE JUST DID IT.
>> ALLIE, YOUR GIRLS LOVE PRINCESS STUFF.
YOU WERE OKAY WITH THAT. YOU DIDN'T THINK IT WAS TOO OVER
THE TOP? >> WE WERE KIND OF TAKEN ABACK
BY THE SHEER FORCE OF HER ATTRACTION TO ALL THINGS PINK
AND SPARKLY. SHE HAD A LASER FOCUS.
IT WAS CUTE. WE WENT ALONG WITH IT.
WE TOOK HER TO DISNEY WORLD. THAT SEALED THE DEAL.
IT ONLY BECAME A PROBLEM IN 40 DEGREE WEATHER.
SHE REFUSED WEARING PANTS. SHE WOULD ONLY WEAR COSTUMES TO
SCHOOL, TO THE PARK, YOU NAME IT.
AND I STARTED TO WONDER, WHAT IS THIS THING THAT HAD SUCH A HOLD
ON HER THAT MADE HER OBSESSED. I ASKED HER, WHAT'S A PRINCESS?
IT'S A GIRL WHO WEARS A BALL GOWN.
WHAT ELSE IS A PRINCESS IN IS SHE A WOMAN IN A LEADERSHIP
ROLE? DOES SHE HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES?
DOES SHE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE? >> THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
YOU'RE NOT OPPOSED TO PRINCESSES.
>> EVERYBODY LOVES PRINCESSES. >> WE LOVE PRINCESSES.
>> THE WEARING PANTS THING YOU USE MORE LITERALLY AND
FIGURATIVELY. >> IT'S A VEHICLE.
WE HAVE THIS FIRST CONVERSATION, SHE SAID, I SHOWED A PICTURE OF
DUCHESS KATE PLAYING RUGBY. AND I SAID PRINCESSES WEAR
PANTS. AND WE SHOULD WRITE A BOOK.
SHE WEARS SKIRTS. SHE'S GOT A GOOD SHOE
COLLECTION. SHE'S A PRINCESS.
BUT SHE WEARS PANTS WHEN SHE'S GOT THINGS TO DO.
IT'S ABOUT SAYING, YOU CAN BE A GIRLY GIRL.
YOU CAN DAZZLE. YOU CAN LOVE THAT STUFF OR NOT.
BUT BE A PERSON OF SUB SUB TENSE.
VALE IS DIGGING THE PRINCESS THING, TOO?
>> SHE'S REALLY BIG INTO IT. YESTERDAY, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
JOBS. EVERYONE HAS A JOB.
YOUR JOB IS TO STAY IN BED. YOUR JOB IS TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR
BROTHER. TO EAT.
WHEN YOU GROW UP, YOU CAN BE VALE FIREFIGHTER, SCHOOLTEACHER
OR A DOCTOR. AND SHE SAYS VALE PRINCESS.
THE IDEA IS BE A PRINCESS. BUT BE A GOOD-HEARTED GIRL.
>> HAS THE LESSON BEEN LEARNED? >> WE TURNED A CORNER.
SHE SAID, I DO LIKE PANTS. AND NOW, SHE WILL WEAR THEM
UNDERNEATH THE TUTUS. AND I'M CALLING THAT A VICTORY.
>> CAN I SAY THE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE AWESOME.
AND HOW DID YOU WRITE IT? HOW DID THE WRITING PROCESS WORK
WITH THE TWO OF YOU? >> IT WAS REALLY FUN.
BACK TO THE IDEA THAT YOU HAVE AN IDEA OVER DINNER.
AND YOU THINK, THAT'S SOMETHING. BUT THE NEXT MORNING, WE WOKE UP
AND WE STARTED SENDING EACH OTHER E-MAILS AND SENDING PAGES.
>> IT FLOWED NATURALLY FOR US. IT WAS OUR STORY.
>> IT WAS WAS FUN. IT WAS REALLY FUN.
WE LOVE THAT ILLUSTRATOR. WE THINK SHE BROUGHT OUR GIRL TO
LIFE. >> SHE DID.
>> ALA "STAR WARS," IS THERE A SEQUEL TO THIS BOOK IN THE
WORKS? >> SINCE YOU ASKED, MATT, GIVE
THEM WHAT THEY WANT. THERE IS A SEQUEL.
>> PRINCESS PENELOPE WILL HAVE MANY BOLD ADVENTURES.
>> WE NEED TO HEAR SOME OF THIS. WE HAVE GIRLS OVER HERE, ALL
WEARING PANTS. OR MOST.
>> DO YOU WANT TO HEAR A BIT OF THE BOOK?
>> WOULD YOU MIND READING. >> WHO LIKES PRINCESSES?
>> WE GOT SOME PRINCESSES. ANY BALLERINAS HERE?
NO? OKAY.
>> FAIRIES? >> PRINCESS PENELOPE WAS HER
NAME. WITH BROWN EYES AND PINK CHEEKS.
HER LONG FLOWY TRESSES WAS HER CLOSET FULL OF DRESSES.
SHE WAS IN PINEAPPLE CASTLE WITH HER BROTHER, FELIPE AND HER CAT,
AND MISS FUZZLE WIGGLES. PENNY COULD PAINT, SING AND
DANCE. BUT DID YOU KNOW HER COLLECTION
OF PANTS?