October 2020

Personal Narrative·Claire Jiang, age 12 — A young pianist reflects on the freedom of art and the journey from reluctant lessons to finding beauty in her own upright Kawai piano.

Personal Narrative·Claire Jiang, age 12 — A girl contemplates the unnamed plants around her house, finding in their seasonal color changes a mirror for her own shifting moods.

Personal Narrative·Claire Jiang, age 12 — A 12-year-old wrestles with her sense of obligation to fight climate change, questioning whether individual actions matter while affirming her commitment to future generations.

Artwork·Claire Jiang

Poetry·Talia E. Moyo, age 10 — A young writer catalogs the places that shaped her — from African deserts to New Jersey beaches, Zimbabwe's Victoria Falls to French villages — weaving family, food, and a beloved...

Artwork·Rithvi Bellamkonda

Poetry·Sofia Dardzinski, age 9 — A meditation on time through the perspective of a clock, whose red hand moves endlessly through numbers, carrying promises and memories without limits.

Artwork·Grace Williams

Artwork·Lila Raj — StoneSoupMagazine · Lila Raj, 11, talks about her photograph Rocks at Pohoiki Beach

Personal Narrative·Ilina Chaudhury, age 11 — A four-year-old visits her grandmother in India and gradually understands what death means when her grandmother dies of cancer during the trip.