Bethenny Frankel is opening up about her new children's book and how someone very close and special to her inspired her to write the book.

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The former reality television star says that her dog Cookie and her daughter Bryn are the real-life inspiration behind her book, "Cookie Meets Peanut."

She told MyFoxNY.com on Monday, "I love it so much. They're like the modern Snoopy and Woodstock."

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Frankel added that her dog Cookie was her "only child" for nearly a decade before she gave birth to her daughter Bryn back in May 2010 and three months before she got married. Frankel and her ex-husband (and Bryn's father), Jason Hoppy, have since separated.

Meanwhile, it looks as though Frankel is leaving her options open on whether or not she would return to the Real Housewives of New York.

When asked by Billy Bush on Access Hollywood on whether or not she would return, Frankel said on Wednesday, "I don't know, I talk to Andy but we're talking about another project right now. We're working on something, but it's a little bit of a secret. Everyone's asked me, but I would have to be crazy. And I am crazy."

After being shown a clip of her in a heated argument with former co-star Kelly Bensimon, Frankel explained, "That was crazy island. The Kelly I'm up here you're done here moment."

Despite the on screen drama, the Skinnygirl mogul insisted that she's on good terms with both her former co-stars Bensimon and newly separated Ramona Singer.

Frankel said, "But it's clean now. I see her, it's good. When you're in the moment, everything seems so important but when you step away from it, it's not important at all. I see her, I say hi to her, we're friendly."

She added, "With Ramona, I call her up sometimes and we discuss what's going on in her life and a little bit of mine. She came on my show, so it's all good. When you're on a show like the Housewives, you're in a bubble and the drama seems so important and you talk about things you would never normally talk about."