Happy National Grammar Day!

Martha Brockenbrough, all-around great gal, SPOGG founder, SCBWI member, and writer is also the originator of today -- National Grammar Day.

She's getting loads of sweet coverage -- this morning my radio alarm clock woke me up with her KPLU interview. I'll be recording KING TV all day, too.

Below is an illustration from her book, THINGS THAT MAKE US [SIC]. Out in the Fall from St. Martin's Press with chapter illustrations by me.

Here is the text that should go with this family tree:

600 B.C. Here lies the Roman alphabet
400s A.D. German influence
500s Old English
600 St. Augustine
1066 Norman Conquest
Three major influences on English are (duh) English, Latin, and Norman French
1399 Henry IV
1500s Shakespeare
(shout out to Jane Austen)

I'm hoping to buy Martha a Grammartini while she corrects my grammar in this post.