I'm re-releasing this 2020 episode featuring an awesomely spooky story by my student Hansika Shankar because 

1) I'm trying to plan a session of creative writing for kids that's centered around writing for podcasts that will -- get this -- actually involve the kids narrating their stories themselves, to be recorded by them and edited and published by me, IF there's enough interest. 

If you're a parent with a child between the ages of 7 and 11 who might be interested in this, please fill out my 2-minute survey now.

2) I had no brilliant ideas for this week and I didn't want to disappoint you by not publishing anything and I didn't want to publish something bad

So, please enjoy this bite-sized replay all about sound words, or, if you want to sound fancy: onomatopoeias. 

Listen to the spooky story my 9-year-old student from Texas, Hansika Shankar, wrote, and learn how she used sound words to chilling effect.