Local writer publishes second book

What started at out as a "goofy poem" has now turned into two published books and a third on the way for Whitehall based writer Shirley Baustian.

After publishing the children's book "Good Friends" in 2017, Baustian recently received the published copies of the sequel "More Good Friends" on May 12.

She describes the book as suited for kids aged kindergarten to third or fourth grade and teaches about friendship. She said in the first book a moose becomes friends with a mouse, in the new book he goes on vacation and befriends a rabbit, and in the third book will meet up with a duck.

Baustian has...