Simon, the Christmas Tree Flea

My book, Simon The Christmas Tree Flea, was inspired by my beloved grandniece, Alexis. Over a period of 13 years the story never left my memory. I don’t know where the idea of a christmas tree fl ea came from except that it was probably at christmas time. Alexis loves animals, reptiles and bugs so I suppose that is what made me think of a fl ea. My little niece is very family oriented so maybe that is why I had to add a family twist to it. My little niece is very close to my husband and I and was separated from us for a few months and our reunion was where I got the last sentence from. Upon our reunion she put her little hands around my face and said “aunt sue (my middle name) me so love you”, I just thought that it was a fi tting ending.