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Walter Wick wanted to create a puzzle book that was a challenge to solve but not impossible so that the readers can solve the puzzle and feel good about themselves. Wick states that children who read these books deserve to feel smart and because they feel smart, they continue with puzzle books. More than that, Wick did not only create a book of puzzles but it tells a story at the same time. With this particular book, Wick was going through his items and found a princess staring at a tin robot. This gave inspiration for the story to the book and found elements that these two characters had in common, such as stargazing and time. Wick states in the end of the book that he had an enjoyable experience creating a story for this book and came to realize that the two characters are one in the same which he demonstrated in the book.