Stone Soup Magazine
— A girl conquers her terror on a Paris rollercoaster, discovering that facing fears can transform dread into exhilaration and pride.
— A meditation on how dreams warp time and memory, leaving only fragments and distortions as evidence of the night's passage.
— A young traveler boards a Beijing-to-Shenzhen train, befriends a three-year-old girl named Yang Han, sketches her portrait, and reflects on connection across the journey.
— A girl walking on the beach discovers a baby turtle emerging from the sand and protects it from predators until it reaches the sea.
— A summer beach day builds from hot sand and waves to the moment of witnessing a spectacular sunset that leaves the observer speechless.
— Ghost Girl: A Blue Ridge Mountain Story, by Delia Ray; Clarion Books: New York, 2016; $6.99 “I stopped cold, then turned around real slow. ‘What did you say?’ I asked....
— The Boy on the Wooden Box, by Leon Leyson; Atheneum Books for Young Readers: New York, 2015; $8.99 Leon Leyson’s memoir of his experiences of Nazi Germany is a testament...
— A meditation on how dreams distort time and memory, leaving only fragments and the physical evidence of restless sleep as proof of the night's passage.
— A family drives through Los Angeles on the Fourth of July, discovering multiple firework shows from the freeway and finally seeing the entire city lit up with distant explosions.
— A young person captures the intensity of friendship through sensory snapshots — ice cream sweetness, rushing downstairs, laughing until breathless, then returning to solitude.