I have a completely irrational fear of spiders but now when I look at them I start to see Sophie or Sammie Spider instead. I still won’t go near them though 🙂 It gives me great pleasure looking at a real insect and turning it into a smiley little creature for children to make friends with.

I have often thought of how I might unwillingly pass on my fear of spiders to my children, how children are so impressionable and react to how we behave around them. With that in mind, I aim to create friends for our little readers so that they might learn with them, have fun with them and, as they get older and grow out of the Grub Tales, take their love and respect for garden insects and creatures with them.

I focus on supporting Brenda’s wonderful story-telling with expressive faces to help convey the surprise, dismay and laughter. As you may have noticed, I love enormous smiles…

Below you can see the progress when creating our latest Kiddies’ Corner addition – Claire Cricket. Her brand new profile will be available to view in the next couple of days!

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