“Heather, come here, quick! I found something!”` Illustrator Zoe Paschkis, 12 for Edward’s Treasure by Emily Taylor, 11. Published July/August 2000. For the adults: thank you for reading and sharing our free weekly Newsletter We are very happy that so many of you read and enjoy our newsletter every week. As a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit it is our mission to inspire as many kids as we can to read, write, paint, draw, and build all kinds of creativity into their lives and their learning. Our free weekly newsletter is a big part of how we do that. All of our work is funded through subscriptions and donations. We depend on both. If you don’t have a subscription to StoneSoup.com (or even if you do!), please consider making a donation, however small, as a one-off or a regular commitment, to the Children’s Art Foundation-Stone Soup Inc. This year, we had to stop compensating contributors. Our current goal is to get to a place where we are once again able to pay our young writers and artists. Every dollar helps us to continue and expand what we do, and to continue to inspire and stimulate the kids you care about. Thank you William Rubel (President), Emma Wood (Editor), Jane Levi (Operations) Donate to Stone Soup A note from William Rubel Blogs and Book Reviews We are very happy with the quality of book reviews being published at our website. We are also very happy with the work being produced by our young bloggers. It’s great to see how productive both groups are being over the summer, too. Thank you! Keep up the great work! And readers, keep reading and commenting! You can get straight to both categories of material by clicking on the menu bar at the Stone Soup homepage. The quality of the book reviews and blogs is on a par with what we are publishing the magazine. What is the difference? Stone Soup is a literary magazine focused on fiction, poetry, and art. We look to the blogs for a much wider range of genres, and for more book reviews than we can publish in the magazine. We only really have room for one book review (at most) per issue of Stone Soup, but our book-hungry readers encouraged us to publish more. We listened, and you now have an active book review section in the blog portion of the website, covering the latest books as well as new reviews of some of the classics we have missed in the past (see below for a link to the latest Harry Potter review, published this past week!). There is always room for more. If any of you reading this newsletter would like to join us as a book reviewer or a blogger then go to the Submit link on our website and follow the instructions. Anyone age 13 and under is eligible to become one of our young bloggers or reviewers. If you are an adult and write about (or would like to write about) teaching the creative arts to kids then we also want to hear from you. As you see when you go to the blog landing page and scroll down to the lower part of the screen, we now have a section specifically for educators. As of today, the whole blog section of the website can be read for free. We are, however, beginning the technical process of bringing the blogs and book reviews into the Stone Soup online gateway. In English, this means you will soon have to subscribe to Stone Soupto read the full range of blogs and book reviews. We will let you know when this is coming into effect. Until next week Read the latest updates on our blog Don’t miss the latest content from our Book Reviewers and Young Bloggers, published this week at stonesoup.com! Young Bloggers Hidden in Plain Sight, by Maia H and Juan H-C, confronts the issue of racism in a powerfully direct way, using graphic art as the medium. Zoe’s Summer Crumble, by Sarah Cymrot, brings alive the taste of summer and gives readers a great recipe to try—send us your pictures of your own crumble! Luxi and Miola: The New Girl, by Hana Greenberg, is the latest installment in hre graphic novel series about two sisters. Catch up with earlier episodes on the blog, too. Summer Journal 2018, by Abhi Sukhdial, shares the first two pages of the journal of his 10-week-long family visit to northern India. Be inspired to send us your summer journals, too! Young Reviewers Front Desk, by Kelly Yang, reviewed by Nina Vigil. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling, reviewed by Kaya Simcoe. “Heather, come here, quick! I found something!”` From Stone Soup July/August 2000 Edward’s Treasure By Emily Taylor, 11 Illustrated by Zoe Paschkis, 12 It was only a quick walk to Murphy’s Woods from Anjeli’s backyard where Heather and Anjeli had been enjoying the hot July day, so they soon reached the edge of the woods. Instinctively, Heather grabbed her friend’s hand as they stepped onto the dirt path that led through the woods. It was considerably cooler under the shade of the tall oaks. The two girls kicked through the clumps of dark, damp leaves while chattering to each other. Soon, Heather forgot her first fears and joined Anjeli in skipping in between the trees and turning over the many rocks that lined their path. “Anj, I bet I can do fifteen cartwheels in a row!” “Let me see you try, girl!” Heather proceeded to try, but on the seventh, she slammed hard into the trunk of two oaks that had grown together. “Ow!” “You OK, Heather?” asked her friend, hurrying to her side. Heather pulled herself up on a branch of the tree mass. But before she could even dust the leaves off her shorts, Anjeli pushed her aside. “Hey!” said Heather indignantly, from the ground. “Oh my God…” “What, Anj?” “Heather, come here, quick! I found something!” Heather scrambled to her feet. Slowly, Anjeli reached down into a
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Luxi and Miola: The New Girl
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Zoe’s Summer Crumble
The sun streams down through the rows of berry bushes, revealing glistening berries and intermingling with giggles as bigger and bigger patches of blackberries are found. Hands dart in, avoiding the prickly branches and beetles munching on the leaves. “How many containers have you filled? I have already gotten two!” my sister Zoe calls from further down the row, always wanting a competition. Wet grass clings to our feet as we happily search for the hidden berries inside the tangled mess of vines, popping a few in our mouths when the other isn’t looking. After cartons, and bellies (shh!), are full, we run inside to begin our project. A few raspberries at the farm! A crumble is a perfect treat to end a hot summer day. Juicy, crisp, and too sweet, it can be garnished with a scoop of cold, creamy vanilla ice cream or eaten plain. Though I love a good crumble in the winter, curled up on a couch in front of the fire with a book (click here to read my blog post about a delicious winter treat!), no one can beat a delicious summer crumble. A crumble tastes of humid summer days, a cool crisp breeze, a running stream. With one bite it pulls me away to previous happy summers, while making me feel content and lucky where I am. What reminds you of summer? Please, please, please leave a comment below! My family’s favorite crumble recipes are from Smitten Kitchen and Martha Stewart, but in my opinion, nothing is better than my sister’s summer crumble (inspired by these two recipes) that she whips together to create the perfect summer night. The beauty of a crumble is that it is very forgiving. It can contain any kind of fruit that you can dream of (my favorites are blackberries, blueberries, and peaches), with just a thickener (flour or cornstarch), a little bit of sugar (not too much!), and a topping of flour, sugar, salt, and butter. A crumble is like tie dying, any way it is created it will look beautiful. If you make this recipe, take a picture and send it to me! Ohh, those summer days. Although Zoe can make any recipe overly delicious, with this recipe the rest of us can at least can be assured that we can make a pretty good summer crumble. Here is Zoe’s recipe and happy baking: Zoe’s Summer Crumble (Inspired by Martha Stewart’s Peach Crumble) Yield: 12 small servings Time: 30 minutes Ingredients: Filling 7 cups of any fruit (I just made mine with blueberries and sour cherries–you can use frozen or fresh fruit) 6 teaspoons cornstarch or 4 tablespoons flour A scant 1/2 a cup sugar (or as little as 1/4 a cup, depending on how sweet your fruit is) A splash of lemon juice (it is okay if you don’t have this–I often leave it out) Heaping 1/2 teaspoon of salt Topping 5 tablespoons unsalted butter Scant 1/4 a cup brown sugar or 1/4 cup granulated sugar mixed with 1 teaspoon molasses 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt Directions Preheat the oven to 375 degrees For the filling: In a bowl, gently (so that you don’t mash the fruit) mix all the ingredients for the filling, flour/cornstarch, sugar, fruit, lemon juice, and salt. Pour fruit mixture into a 12″ by 8″ baking dish. For the topping: Cream the butter and brown sugar in an electric mixer for about two minutes at medium to high speed. Add salt and flour in a few batches. Mix until the dough starts to form a ball. Crumble the topping into little pieces over the fruit mixture. Bake for 40-50 minutes—if it looks like it is browning too quickly on top, cover with aluminum foil. It’s done when the fruit is bubbling and the topping has some color. A heaping 1/2 teaspoon of salt! Pouring the flour and salt into the fruit. Berries galore!!! Preheated to 375 degrees. Ready to bake… Putting it into the oven! Finished crumble! SaveSave
