Stone Soup author Isabel Folger, 12, talks about how she lets a story gestate in her mind for a couple of weeks before she starts writing. Isabel had four stories published in Stone Soup: “A Fortunate Soul” (January/February 2013), “A Special Present” (November/December 2013), “Hope” (January/February 2014), and “Believing” (July/August 2014). She also wrote a review of the book Counting by Sevens (November/December 2014).
Teacher Resources
Cat Pictures by Children!
These are three very different approaches to making pictures of cats. But, what they have in common are the dynamic personalities of the cats that were models for the pictures. Each looks at us, as cats do, with their unique expressions. These pictures come from Oman, Lithuania, and Germany. Mother Cat with Kittens, Rafiaa Mouhamad Zaman, age 9, Oman Cats Warming Themselves, by Dalius Arulis, age 8, Lithuania My Cat and Her Kittens, by Gabi Gunther, age 10, Germany
Children’s Art from Switzerland
These paintings from children in Switzerland were created in the 1960s. We particularly love the old fashioned zoo scenes where children ride elephants. Two street scenes from the city of Basel show a clear winter day and grey winter day. Both are wonderfully evocative of a city in winter in Northern climates. Note the fabulous old black convertible in the grey scene. These paintings are all available as poster-size prints from our Stone Soup Store. Building, artist unknown, Switzerland Roasting Chestnuts in Winter, age 15, Switzerland Basel, age 11, Switzerland At the Zoo, by W. Sala, age 12, Switzerland Basel, age 11, Switzerland At the Zoo, by Dieter Opferkuch, age 12, Switzerland
