Contents

Letter From the Editor

Editor’s Note

By Emma Wood

Letter From the Editor

The Value of Critical Reading

By Emma Wood

Art

Tree Library

By Li Lingfei

Honor Roll

Stone Soup Honor Roll: July/August 2019

By The Editors

Poetry Reviews

Poetry-Review

“Hope” is the thing with feathers

By Emily Dickinson, Reviewed by Kate Choi

Poetry Reviews

Poetry-Review

The Road Not Taken

By Robert Frost, Reviewed by Alicia Xin

Poetry Reviews

Poetry-Review

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

By Robert Frost, Reviewed by Tatiana Rebecca Shrayer

Poetry Reviews

Poetry-Review

Nothing Gold Can Stay

By Robert Frost, Reviewed by Maya Wolfford

Poetry Reviews

Poetry-Review

This is Just to Say

By William Carlos Williams, Reviewed by Twyla Coburn

Poetry Reviews

Poetry-Review

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird

By Wallace Stevens, Reviewed by Sabrina Guo

Poetry Reviews

Poetry-Review

One Art

By Elizabeth Bishop, Reviewed by Kate Choi

Book Reviews

A Little Princess

By Frances Hodgson Burnett, Reviewed by Ava Horton

Book Reviews

Frankenstein

By Mary Shelley, Reviewed by Valentine Wulf

Book Reviews

Book-Reviews

A Little Princess

By Frances Hodgson Burnett, Reviewed by Vandana Ravi

Book Reviews

Book-Reviews

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

By Betty Smith, Reviewed by Claire Rinterknecht

Book Reviews

Book-Reviews

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

By E.L. Konigsburg, Reviewed by Nina Vigil

Book Reviews

Book-Reviews

Boy: Tales of Childhood

By Roald Dahl, Reviewed by Marilena Korahais

Book Reviews

Book-Reviews

Number the Stars

By Lois Lowry, Reviewed by Maya Viswanathan

Book Reviews

Book-Reviews

The Book Thief

By Markus Zusak, Reviewed by Ananda Bhaduri

Film Reviews

Film-Reviews

When Marnie Was There

By Studio Ghibli Film, Reviewed by Abhi Sukhdial