Stone Soup Magazine
— A girl who believes she is perfect discovers emptiness within herself when her teacher sends her home, triggering her first tears and the beginning of real growth.
— A year cycles through the seasons as Little Deer grows from playful fawn to father, echoing his own father's words about preparing for winter.
— A seed becomes a rose that grows tall as a dog, then withers each winter and returns, cycling through seasons year after year.
— A girl awaits her mother's return for a crucial school interview, only to learn her mother is hospitalized and she'll enter foster care.
— A girl who struggles to speak finds solace in a book about a unicorn and a friend, escaping into its world during lunch before returning to face school.
— Editor’s Note In visual art, a portrait is traditionally a painting, drawing, or photograph that depicts a person’s face. Before photography was invented in the 1800s, people would usually commission...
— After her father loses his job and joins the military, Lily struggles with anger and guilt until the day a messenger arrives with devastating news.