Youthful Storyteller Gifts

"Before I read about my summer vacation, I'd like to ask that all pagers, beepers, and cell phones be turned off."

Children playing in the street

"It's amazing, Darlin', just how fast the kids grow up!"

Child driving a toy car

'What sort of wines do you like?' ... 'Powerful ones!'

'Look dear, he's writing political speeches.'

"On New Year's Eve, Clement and I stayed up all night drinking. Tea, of course."

'Who I played in Summer Stock.'

'Come on Jill, they say the water's well good.'

"Right now, grandmom's bark is definitely worse than her bite!"

Kirsten Johnson

Three little pigs-mortgage.

'Like it? I LOVED it! The narrative gripped me from the first sentence and didn't let go until the final, heart-stopping page! And the CHARACTERS! Without question, Harris, this is the finest year-end financial report you've ever written!'

Baby Bear.

Daughters at Bedtime

'Well, isn't this nice? Three generations all sitting down together.'

Reading

Little boy reading a classic whilst his Dad reads a comic.

"Its my letter of resignation. I also turned it into a memoir."

'Grandpa, what was manufacturing?'

"A major crime publisher is interested in publishing your homework!"

Gag - a graphic novel

Mephistopheles

"We're looking forward to this little bundle of joy bringing out the worst in each of us."

"This tire raced in the Indy 500."

Not-so-easy listening...

"So you dreamed you were an adult?"

Young Stephen King

'It's all right, miss, I'm only loking for our cricket-ball!'

Ted knew he had a bestseller. Now all he had to do was fill the middle bits in.

Purple Fairy

"Dear Mom and Dad: Thanks for the happy childhood. You've destroyed any chance I had of becoming a writer."

'Your imagination was so powerful he became real. It happens to me all the time.'