This is the story of Clay, a lovable little soft toy character that was developed
by local Riverdale Toronto resident Anna Narday.
Kids love him, he travels all over the world and he's
one of the main characters in a series of books called Clay and Katie.
Katie is a young girl with a very active imagination.
Clay, well...Clay is...whatever you want it to be.
Whatever it is, it's certainly Katie's best friend and
can be yours too!
Clay came to life from a worn pair of pajamas. One morning, I was playing with our
dog when she grabbed my sleeve and it tore. The pjs were old so I ripped the sleeve
off and wrapped it around a ball and we continued to play. We were having a great
time. As I threw it around, it started to come to life.
I grabbed the sewing box (not that I can sew, but I figured I’d give it a shot).
On went the legs and feet, on went the ears and tail and then I grabbed an old pair
of jeans (at least I hope the jeans were old!) and voila! Eyes and a nose.
I spent the next few weeks placing it in various locations around the house and
CLAY was born.
My neighbour's two year old little girl loved Clay right away and I realized then,
that I needed to get Clay into a story and share it with everyone.
Cuddly, loving, adorable and yours - Clay!