For Budding Editors, Grammarians and Writers.

This may be off the subject just a tad but I thought I'd mention Darell House's CD for children because of its overall quality but expecially, for this audience of writers and lovers-of-English. His Speed -B-B-B-Bumps and Other Poems for Kids and Families (DBTB Productions) has a few poems in it that us word-loving types might want to memorize with our children. One might even put them music and sing them! One is "Write My Story Down" but there are others with subjects dear to the hearts of writers, too, and the others are all gentle and fun. So, if you know of a family or kidlets, this is a good one to pick up for them for the holidays. Find it at www.sonicbid.com/darrellhouse or on Amazon.

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