Stout publishes second book 'A Ring of Protection'

FALLBROOK – Carol Stout is a California fourth generation award-winning artist and poet living with her husband, Robert, in Fallbrook. For several years, she said writing poetry was her creative focus. Looking for others with similar interests, she reached out to poets in the area to create a writing group in Fallbrook.

One of her poems became the catalyst for "Desert Critters Wacky Wisdom," her first children's book. Colorful illustrations fill the pages as the lives and survival skills of seven different animals interact in the southwest's drought-impacted desert.

Stout's latest book, "A Rin...