I first fell in love with Australia as a 9-year-old, in a geography class in a little thatched school building. I was born in the USA but spent most of my childhood at a little mission station in t...view moreI first fell in love with Australia as a 9-year-old, in a geography class in a little thatched school building. I was born in the USA but spent most of my childhood at a little mission station in the highlands of Papua New Guinea where we had little contact with the outside world. Books took me everywhere I wanted to go in my imagination, and Australia was top of the list. My dreams came true when, in Dec 1977, I arrived in Australia on a student nurse visa. I am now a grandmother, living on Queensland’s beautiful Sunshine Coast, and I have never stopped reading, or loving Australia. I also love children, so I have combined my passions in this story book about a very lovable Huntsman spider.view less