Provides over 200 impersonal creative writing prompts for writers of middle-school age and higher, along with sample responses.

Even kids who think they don't like to sing can't resist the goofy songs in SINGuini. They love up-to-the-minute song parodies such as "My Bonnie Went in for a Face Lift" and "Oh, My Darling Frankensteen." "Snot Is Not the Proper Subject for a Song" is fun for any young person, and the tongue-twisting "Impossible to Sing Song" is a challenge no one can resist. The songs vary widely, including everything from warm-ups and rounds to parodies and partner songs.SINGuini is perfect for scout leaders, camp counselors, choral directors, church group leaders, and others who work with young people. Give it a try with the young people in your life. (And tell music teachers in your school about it, too!).

Provides 365 creative writing prompts and fifty writing projects for writers of middle-school age or older.

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