CANTON -- A Canton resident who writes will soon release her fifth new-age children's book.

Courtney Scriminger, a Lisbon Central School graduate who writes under the pen name Rayne Storm, authored "Learning to Read n’ Write: Runic Script" and will debut the title at the upcoming Mystical Journey: Holistic and Psychic Faire, set for Nov. 7 to 9 in Canton.

The book attempts to teach kids how to read runes. It blends new and traditional runic symbols to create a language to assist translation.

It is written in Norse mythology that Odin, who they call the All-Father, hung nine days from Yggdrasil (the world tree) to obtain the knowledge of the runes, which he then shared with mankind. Rune-like symbols first appear around 1300 B.C. and most surviving runic inscriptions come from the runestones, which are erected markers and memorials. Runes were functional letters of an ancient alphabet and there are several different alphabets, each used during different time periods. Rune symbols functioned as letters but they are more than that, they have meanings, interpretations and representations. They are inscribed into wood, metal, stone and even bone. They adorn objects with intentions like protection, fertility and abundance.

“I consider my books, my work to be like the moon: a guiding light from which to learn, to live, and to share. It is that light that little cubs will be drawn to—to learn and to play," Scriminger said in a prepared statement. "They are the teachers of tomorrow, sharing their lessons with their own cubs, who come to play and to learn, beneath the love and light of the moon.”