fbpx
Subscribe Donate

100% written and illustrated by kids ages 6-13


By

Memory Rock

I am the memory rock, I will keep your memories safe. I’ve been here for ages, I am a special place. Here’s a list of things I’ve heard, things I’ve seen, a few thoughts, and one request. The things I’ve heard, the things I’ve heard! I’ve heard the seagulls . . . talk, talk, talk. […]


By

You Remember

The second-person protagonist pieces together memories of a life You know that you’re falling before you open your eyes. You are plummeting rapidly through the darkness. Nothing is around you but pure blackness, uninterrupted by color or light. You try to scream in a panic, but you can’t tell if any sound came out. The […]


By

I Don’t Want to Run

Bird-watching helps Dante find peace after the death of his grandfather The freezing wind howled past me like a ferocious wolf, biting at my toes and fingers. A foul smell arose from the deep black garbage bags, stockpiled messily on the sidewalk. The buildings looked like metal bars, imprisoning me inside my own mind. This […]


By

Morning. Sunset. Night.

The Morning is here and the children all let out a cheer. The Sunset said goodbye. He yawned. The children said good night. It’s dark and scary. But I am brave. Drop after drop we look outside. Nothing comes back.


By

Astrophe

A cat tries to avoid a trip to a fearful place I was having a lovely nap on the Flat-Bit-Where-The-Warm-Stuff-Shines when I smelled the dreaded cage of Strange Moving Enclosures and Sharp-Things- With-Wet-Stuff-in-Them-Handled-by-Tall-Tail-lesses-in-White. No. Don’t go down the Up-Down-Boxes. Don’t. The Tall Tail-lesses were trying to bring me to the Bad-News-Place. And I hated that […]


By

Lighthouse and I

I gleamed across the ocean, As I stood up on the lighthouse. Before I realized anything, A light shined on me. The sound of waves Scared me I had to rush inside. As usual, I purred.


By

Valerie Li & the Library of Alexandria

https://stonesoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Valerie-Li-and-the-Library-of-Alexandria-Video_-Jubilee-Sung-.mp4 A clever, determined girl builds a time machine and visits the Great Library of Alexandria Prologue Some people think I’m brave, but I think everyone is amazing by accident sometimes. Hi! I’m Valerie Li. I’m 12 years old, and my proudest achievement is making a time machine. I’ve only made one because my parents […]