Stone Soup Magazine
— When her best friend announces she's moving to Korea in two days, a girl's anger gives way to understanding that true friendship can survive any distance.
— It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel, by Firoozeh Dumas; Clarion Books: New York, 2016; $16.99 Have you ever desired to be like someone else or to lose everything that makes you...
— A 10-year-old observes her parents working at their desks and discovers that hard work and joy can coexist when you find what you love.
— A child observes a busy beach day filled with family chaos, snacks, sandcastles, and the ocean's constant presence, capturing summer's sensory overload.
— Warm air, shining flowers, golden sunlight—summer in Chicago. And what summer would be complete without baseball? At historic Wrigley Field in Chicago, baseball has been a central part of summertime...
— A child traces identity from birth through curiosity and danger to the sadness of moving away, wondering if they'll return to have fun again.
— Has anyone here ever killed a spider? Actually, I have a better question: has anyone here ever not killed a spider? The battle to keep spiders and other bugs out...
— A drive with grandmother from countryside to town traces the fading of a mauve sunrise and warm breeze into cold morning and indifferent crowds.