Letter From the Editor
Editor’s Note
By Emma Wood
Fiction
Sense-of-Place
Grateful
By Vandana Ravi
A simple bike ride to school occasions a complex meditation on life
Fiction
Humor
The Missing Hair
By Oliver Giller
Oliver employs a detective to find his missing hair
Fiction
Moving-New-Home
The Cedar Bracelet
By Ella Martinez Nocito, Art by Alicia Xin
A girl needs the courage to face a new home and a new school all the way across the country
Fiction
Animals
A Monarch’s Way Through
By Alexa Rivera Rockwood, Art by Nicholas Taplitz
A monarch butterfly encounters many obstacles—pollution, cars, and predatory birds—on her migration route
Fiction
Seanella’s Magical House
By Sean O’Connor, Art by Marco Lu
A generous, imaginative turtle dreams of building a house for her friends
Fiction
Moving-New-Home
Green
By Sascha Farmer, Art by Oishee Sinharay
After moving from a small town in Canada to a big U.S. city, Gale struggles to adapt
Poems
Poetry-Reflections
Days
By Analise Braddock
Art
Water Droplets
By Anya Geist
Art
Contrast
By Delaney Slote
Art
Spirit to Healthy Living
By Parinita Chandrashekar
Art
Dandelions
By Alicia Xin
Art
Which Way Car Wash
By Nicholas Taplitz
Art
Lighthouse
By Oishee Sinharay
