Letter From the Editor
Editor’s Note
By Emma Wood
Fiction
The Lonely Radio
By Avital Sagan, Art by Peri Gordon
A radio grapples with its essentially passive existence as the world crumbles around it
Fiction
Street Cats
By Annabelle Vaughan, Art by Audrey Champness
Lorraine gets fed up when the cats in her neighborhood won’t stop following her around
Fiction
Ma’s Riches
By Fiona Clare Altschuler, Art by Joey Vasaturo
A poor mouse family prepares for a visit from their king and queen
Fiction
Blink
By Lucia Osborn-Stocker, Art by Maggie McGoldrick
Being a guard dragon means a lonely and difficult life
Fiction
Rainbow
By Lindsay Cale, Art by Eliana Pacillo
Brianna’s head is in the clouds, and she’s happy that way until a comment from her art teacher pushes her to change
Fiction
An excerpt from Born on the First of Two
By Anya Geist, Art by Sage Millen
Editor’s Choice in our 2020 book contest
Memoir
Rain, Rain, Go Away
By Yanling Lin, Art by Yutia Li
An outdoor field trip goes ahead as planned, despite the torrential downpour
Memoir
Let It Be
By Billie Brown, Art by Saylor Creswell
The writer learns a valuable lesson after bringing home a pet worm
Memoir
The Peacock
By Jack Moody, Art by Sophia Zhang
An unexpected visitor alights on the writer’s roof
Poems
Cold Heart
By Gideon Rose
Poems
Old Man
By Gideon Rose
Poems
Cedar Tree
By Eva Worsick
Poems
Parallel Christmas
By Analise Braddock
Poems
The Revolutionary War
By Analise Braddock
Poems
Pieces of Sunset
By Sage Millen
Poems
Serenity
By Nora Cohen
Poems
A Beautiful Wood
By Sean Tenzin O’Connor
Art
Winter Wonderland
By Elodie Weinzierl
Art
Silent Snow
By Yutia Li
Art
Guarding the Garden
By Audrey Champness
Art
The Acorn
By Joey Vasaturo
Art
Above and Below
By Saylor Creswell
Art
Peacock
By Sophia Zhang
Art
Distinction
By Aiyla Syed
Art
Dragon Eye
By Maggie McGoldrick
Art
Enchanted
By Sage Millen
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