Stone Soup Magazine

Artwork·Emma Hadzhieva — This piece contains some additional resources for educators. Click here to read them. Additional Resources Summary & Analysis Discussion Questions Summary & Analysis In the watercolor entitled “Fortitude,” a lighthouse...

Artwork·Leticia Cheng

Poetry·Katja Muckle Eizenberg — A sunflower narrates its life cycle from bloom to seed dispersal, watching its seeds fly away to freedom before entering winter's sleep.

Story·Eileen Yoo — A girl discovers a buried box meant for someone else, follows cryptic clues through the woods to find a key, and gains the courage to finally speak up to her...

Artwork·Karuna Yang

Artwork·Emma Yang

Personal Narrative·Micki Mermelstein, age 11 — Alone at her family's Country House, once filled with cousins' laughter, an 11-year-old reflects on how growing up has emptied the summer gathering place of its magic.

Artwork·Tutu Lin

Artwork·Hannah Kail

Poetry·Mary Gomes — A beautiful river is beside me. The forest behind me. The world is a beautiful place to live. We all love our Earth. The river brings something to my mind....