This book is the end product of an effective working relaitonship between two very diverse. yet related, efforts. 1) an 8th grade writing assignment in the Altoona, WI Middle school; 2) a series of writings by or about grandmothers that led to the publication of 8 editions of a book entitled "Poetica Grandma-tica." John Thurston had been asked to tell the story about these projects and how they came together to produce this book.
