Stone Soup Magazine

Artwork·Oishee Sinharay —  

Poetry·Griffin Romandetta —  My secret dream is to soar high like a soccer ball flying into a net and be sort of like the tip of a paint brush.

Story·Sean O'Connor, age 3 — A turtle who sees her imagined worlds as real befriends a dog who helps turn her visions into actual houses they can share.

Artwork·Marco Lu

Poetry·Analise Braddock, age 8 — A young poet reflects on the passage of time, the uniqueness of each day, and the mysterious nature of space in simple, contemplative lines.

Story·Alexa Rivera Rockwood, age 12 — A monarch butterfly loses half her wing crossing a polluted city on her migration to Mexico, but continues on foot, determined to be the first to complete the journey.

Story·Ella Martinez Nocito, age 12 — A girl receives a cedar bracelet and a story about courage from her cousin before moving across the country, finding strength to face change.

Artwork·Alicia Xin

Story·Oliver Giller, age 10 — A boy who counts his 2,476 hairs discovers one is missing and hires a suspicious detective who charges $100 to solve the case.

Artwork·Parinita Chandrashekar