As Hsiao Yeh says, the contents of his children's books are not tied down by the conventions of folk or tradition, and are not just foreign fairy tales but are things that actually happen in society.
以小野來說，他的童話書內容不拘泥於鄉土或傳統，也不管是外國的聖誕老人、太空宇宙，或台灣的黑熊放生，只要是社會上發生的素材，都隨手一抓，拿來就用。