Stone Soup Magazine
— A girl sneaks out for a midnight swim in the pool the night before moving away, finding solace in the underwater light and the stars above.
— A girl discovers a mysterious book that transports her into its pages, where she finds reassurance that her comatose sister will recover.
— A ten-year-old girl struggles to reconnect with her father when he returns from World War II, discovering both his trauma and their shared memories at the chicken coop.
— Two friends lying under an oak tree share funny memories until one asks if the other remembers how their friendship began, triggering a flashback to third grade.
— After her beloved Siamese cat Silver Blue dies in a car accident, a girl rejects a replacement kitten until one cold night when the kitten's comfort helps her accept loss...
— Special thanks to Sheila Crane, who taught in Emil’s school in Rundu, for sending us his work.
— A boy accidentally breaks a window playing baseball, chooses to tell his mother despite a friend's advice to hide it, and learns about honesty and taking responsibility.
— A daughter breaks her mother's precious clay pot while fetching water, lies about it, then confesses. Together they remake the pot from its broken pieces.
— A boy's annoyance with his persistent neighbor Lindy transforms into understanding when he witnesses her being taken away by police after domestic violence.
— The painting on the issue’s cover, “Divided Island,” by Sofia Kakoulli, age 11, of Cyprus, is part of the Children’s Art Foundation’s permanent collection. Sofia was a student of...