Contents

Letter From the Editor

Editor’s Note

By Emma Wood

Stories

The Trials and Tribulations of Swifty Appledoe (Part One)

By Ariana Kralicek

Swifty Appledoe embarks on a new mission: to become just like the most annoyingly perfect girl in school

Stories

The Cookie Jar

By Isabelle Chapman, Art by Andralyn Yao

A blue cookie jar helps Elsie get through her days

Stories

The Bright Yellow

By Ella Kate Starzyk, Art by Adele Stamenov

A girl wakes up to discover that everything has turned yellow

Stories

Tom Green

By Zahra Batteh, Art by Rohan Jayakrishnan

Tom Green is very spoiled and lazy—until an accident forces him to change his life

Stories

A Small Moment

By Allison Sargent, Art by Alexa Zhang

Allison struggles to accept what her mother tells her: that “different is good”

Poems

A New Nature

By Ikran Mohamed

Poems

Climbing Treetops

By Sadie Smith

Poems

The Breeze

By Sadie Smith

Poems

Cabin Fever

By Ella Pierce

Poems

Elk

By Cecilia Appel

Poems

This is the Song the World Needs Now

By Nova Macknik-Conde

Art

The Fireflies

By Audrey Champness

Art

Untitled (I)

By Salma Hadi-St. John

Art

Untitled (II)

By Salma Hadi-St. John

Art

Entrapped

By Andralyn Yao

Art

Go Bananas

By Adele Stamenov

Art

Hands

By Aiyla Syed

Art

Dream Bedroom

By Rohan Jayakrishnan

Art

Black Lives Matter

By Alexa Zhang

Honor Roll

Stone Soup Honor Roll: April 2021

By The Editors

Highlights from StoneSoup.com

Highlights from Stonesoup.com

By Lina Kim