Miss Spider
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Miss Flora Spider is the name of a loving spider in the bestselling Miss Spider children's books by David Kirk. She originally appeared in cartoon format in the movie Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids, which spun off the Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends series, and Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends - Harvest Time Hop and Fly video game.
Miss Spider is also the name of a spider in Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach and is voice acted by Susan Sarandon (with a French-sounding accent) in the stop-motion film by Tim Burton.
[edit] Sunny Patch Family
- Holley (spider) - Miss Spider's husband
- Bounce (bed bug) - Adoptive child, the youngest of the Spider Family
- Dragon (dragonfly) - Adoptive child
- Pansy (spider) an identical twin to Snowdrop
- Spinner (spider)
- Shimmer (jewel beetle) - Adoptive child
- Snowdrop (spider) - Pansy's twins sister
- Squirt (spider)
- Wiggle (spider)
[edit] Neighbors in Sunny Patch
- Spiderus & Spindella - (spiders) Married spiders who live in the Hollow Tree
- Betty Beetle - (beetle) The kids' grandmother
- Ned & Ted - (ants) Two less than completely honest (and usually hungry) ants
- Gus - (asparagus beetle) Lives in the same tree as Miss Spider's family
- Mr. Mantis - (praying mantis) The kids' art teacher. He also officiated at Holley and Miss Spider's wedding.
- Stinky - (stink bug) Lives in Dribbly Dell
- Felix - (frog) Lives in Taddy Puddle. He was an early friend of the kids, but was originally feared by the adults
- Barry - (crane bug) A lifeguard
