Check out The Giggly Bug, available in both hardcover and paperback.
A fun story behind the writing of this book:
When I was in college, I spent one summer living with my eldest sister and her family, which included my three-year-old niece Kristen. Bugs terrified Kri. That summer I took a class on children’s literature which required us to write a book for kids. I wrote the original version of The Giggly Bug for Kri and for credit in that class when I was 19, fifty-two years ago!
In the many years since then, Kri’s father has often recalled reading my story to his daughter over and over again. He claims it “cured” her of her fear of bugs. Something did for sure, because Kri became a backpacker. She takes inner city kids who have never hiked in their lives on backpacking trips in the Oregon mountains. For sure, plenty of bug encounters!
So, I dedicated this version of The Giggly Bug, finally published all these years later, to my beloved, courageous niece Kri.
I hope this silly story will help YOUR child think differently about bugs as well.
Debra Kornfield
Fiction with a hint of mystery and touches of grace.