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Table of Contents for Stone Soup

Stone Soup Magazine

Window to Another World

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By Hannah Parker

A Great Community

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By Charlie Kubica

A Field at Sunset

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By Hannah Parker

A Child’s Memoir

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By Alejandro Lugo Saavedra

Editor’s Note

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By Emma Wood

Editor’s Note

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By Emma Wood

Young Eyes

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By Allie Aguila, Illustrated by Lingfei Li<br/><br/><strong>2nd Place in the 2018 Science Fiction Contest</strong>

The Moon Loomed Before Him

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By Li Lingfei

The Mystical Creatures of Blue Spout Bay

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By Marlena Rohde, Illustrated by Nicole Qian <br/><br/><strong>3rd Place in the 2018 Science Fiction Contest</strong>

Seaweed Towered Above Her

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By Nicole Qian

Sunk

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By Benjamin Mitchell, Illustrated by Evelyn Yao<br/><br/><strong>4th Place in the 2018 Science Fiction Contest</strong>

Saguaros at Sunset

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By Evelyn Yao

Saguaros: Amazing Plants

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By Marco Lu

The Eclipse

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By Kyle Wu

Pigs to the Rescue

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By Taryn Morlock

Stone Soup Honor Roll: September 2018

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By The Editors

How the Universe Came to Be

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By Yutia Li

I Wonder

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By Sterling Waterfield

The Absence of Opposites

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By Kieran O’Donnell

The Night After the Concert

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By Avery Multer

Middlenames

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By Thomas Faulhaber, Illustrated by Avery Multer<br/><br/><strong>Winner of the 2018 Science Fiction Contest</strong>

Editor’s Note

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By Emma Wood

Parker

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By Kate Duplantis

The City

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By Karinne Ulrey, Illustrated by Eli Breyer Essiam

Untitled

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By Reed Skelton

Untitled

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By Chloe Goodman

The City

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By Karinne Ulrey, Illustrated by Eli Breyer Essiam

Untitled

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By Reed Skelton

Untitled

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By Chloe Goodman

The Clock of Emotion

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By Elisabeth Baer, Illustrated by Chloe Goodman

Connected with Nature

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By Antara Gangwal

The Moon and My Heart

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By Rebecca Beaver

Miss-takes

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By Ari Martinez

Dad Cut My Nails

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By Ari Martinez

Peering Out

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By Delaney Slote

The Cryptic Crypt

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By Sydney Burr, Illustrated by Delaney Slote

Bugs are the Future!

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By Oliver Jacobs, Illustrated by Ula Pomian

Among the Asparagus

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By Ula Pomian

The Avocado Tree

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By Sara Chebili

Light and Darkness

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By Carly Vermillion

Swept-Up Fish

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By Sabrina Feldberg, Illustrated by Reed Skelton

Wildfire

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By Karinne Ulrey, Illustrated by Eli Breyer Essiam

Orange Landscape

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By Eli Breyer Essiam

The Missing Piece

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By Lucy Zanker

Church at Sunset

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By Cordelia Athas

Queen of the World

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By Ana Carpenter

Anne with an E

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By Neena Dzur

Stone Soup Honor Roll: July/August 2018

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By The Editors

Editor’s Note

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By Emma Wood

Ostriches

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By Sierra Glassman

Stone Soup Honor Roll: June 2018

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By The Editors

What’s inside my messy head?

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By Tommy Swartz

Red Fern

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By Hannah Parker

The Red and Blue Thread

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By Rhianna Searle, Illustrated by Abhi Sukhdial

The Hobbit

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By J.R.R. Tolkien, Reviewed by Catherine Gruen

Light in the Dark

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By Hannah Parker

Green Envy

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By Delaney Slote

A New Comfort

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By Sonja ten Grotenhuis

The Mouse Who Played Keyboard

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By Isaiah Albro

The Lion and the House Cat

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By Isaiah Albro

Blue Heron

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By Sierra Glassman

Pink

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By Abhi Sukhdial

Mother Earth

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By Celeste Escobar

Dreamland

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By Neel Rangan

The House in the Willows

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By Nicole Qian

Friends and Footprints

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By Samantha Abrishani, Illustrated by Hannah Parker

Echoes

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By Bailey Curtin

Echoes

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By Bailey Curtin

My Grandma Helen

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By Sadie Perkins

Boxes

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By Melina Ahmad

No Boundaries

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By Christian Goh

Parade of Clouds

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By Asfia Jawed

The Red Balloon…

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By Rafi Mohammed

Searching for Bows and Arrows

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By Tatiana Rebecca Shrayer

Bubble Bee

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By Christian Goh

Self-Portrait

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By Alexander McCullough

Garage Junk

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Jerry Xia

A Dream of Chaos

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By Atlas William Iacobucci

The Only Life in Death Flower

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By Delaney Slote

Stone Soup Honor Roll: May 2018

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By The Editors

Illuminated

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By Lara Katz

THE MOON

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By Andy Wu

The Fence

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By Lia Clark

Trees and Clouds

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By Alexa Zhang

Cedar Waxwing

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By Sierra Glassman

Lord of the Binder Rings

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By Ula Pomian

Poetry Portfolio

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By Sophia Dahlin

About the Author

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By Gabriel Levy

About the Author Poem

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By Emilei Lu

tiny big valley

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By Angelina Lu,

lonely boy

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By Gilbert Huang

A human

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By Gilbert Huang

Untitled

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By Gilbert Huang

Myself

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By Gilbert Huang

One Horse

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By Lara Katz

The Ride of Infinity

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By Raina Sawyer

The Stone Angel

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By Julia Lockwood

Uprising

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By Margaret Peterson Haddix, Reviewed by Eliza Smith

Stone Soup Honor Roll: April 2018

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By The Editors

Illuminated

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By Lara Katz

Window to Another World

|

By Hannah Parker

A Great Community

|

By Charlie Kubica

A Field at Sunset

|

By Hannah Parker

A Child’s Memoir

|

By Alejandro Lugo Saavedra

Editor’s Note

|

By Emma Wood

Editor’s Note

|

By Emma Wood

Young Eyes

|

By Allie Aguila, Illustrated by Lingfei Li<br/><br/><strong>2nd Place in the 2018 Science Fiction Contest</strong>

The Moon Loomed Before Him

|

By Li Lingfei

The Mystical Creatures of Blue Spout Bay

|

By Marlena Rohde, Illustrated by Nicole Qian <br/><br/><strong>3rd Place in the 2018 Science Fiction Contest</strong>

Seaweed Towered Above Her

|

By Nicole Qian

Sunk

|

By Benjamin Mitchell, Illustrated by Evelyn Yao<br/><br/><strong>4th Place in the 2018 Science Fiction Contest</strong>

Saguaros at Sunset

|

By Evelyn Yao

Saguaros: Amazing Plants

|

By Marco Lu

The Eclipse

|

By Kyle Wu

Pigs to the Rescue

|

By Taryn Morlock

Stone Soup Honor Roll: September 2018

|

By The Editors

How the Universe Came to Be

|

By Yutia Li

I Wonder

|

By Sterling Waterfield

The Absence of Opposites

|

By Kieran O’Donnell

The Night After the Concert

|

By Avery Multer

Middlenames

|

By Thomas Faulhaber, Illustrated by Avery Multer<br/><br/><strong>Winner of the 2018 Science Fiction Contest</strong>

Editor’s Note

|

By Emma Wood

Parker

|

By Kate Duplantis

The City

|

By Karinne Ulrey, Illustrated by Eli Breyer Essiam

Untitled

|

By Reed Skelton

Untitled

|

By Chloe Goodman

The City

|

By Karinne Ulrey, Illustrated by Eli Breyer Essiam

Untitled

|

By Reed Skelton

Untitled

|

By Chloe Goodman

The Clock of Emotion

|

By Elisabeth Baer, Illustrated by Chloe Goodman

Connected with Nature

|

By Antara Gangwal

The Moon and My Heart

|

By Rebecca Beaver

Miss-takes

|

By Ari Martinez

Dad Cut My Nails

|

By Ari Martinez

Peering Out

|

By Delaney Slote

The Cryptic Crypt

|

By Sydney Burr, Illustrated by Delaney Slote

Bugs are the Future!

|

By Oliver Jacobs, Illustrated by Ula Pomian

Among the Asparagus

|

By Ula Pomian

The Avocado Tree

|

By Sara Chebili

Light and Darkness

|

By Carly Vermillion

Swept-Up Fish

|

By Sabrina Feldberg, Illustrated by Reed Skelton

Wildfire

|

By Karinne Ulrey, Illustrated by Eli Breyer Essiam

Orange Landscape

|

By Eli Breyer Essiam

The Missing Piece

|

By Lucy Zanker

Church at Sunset

|

By Cordelia Athas

Queen of the World

|

By Ana Carpenter

Anne with an E

|

By Neena Dzur

Stone Soup Honor Roll: July/August 2018

|

By The Editors

Editor’s Note

|

By Emma Wood

Ostriches

|

By Sierra Glassman

Stone Soup Honor Roll: June 2018

|

By The Editors

What’s inside my messy head?

|

By Tommy Swartz

Red Fern

|

By Hannah Parker

The Red and Blue Thread

|

By Rhianna Searle, Illustrated by Abhi Sukhdial

The Hobbit

|

By J.R.R. Tolkien, Reviewed by Catherine Gruen

Light in the Dark

|

By Hannah Parker

Green Envy

|

By Delaney Slote

A New Comfort

|

By Sonja ten Grotenhuis

The Mouse Who Played Keyboard

|

By Isaiah Albro

The Lion and the House Cat

|

By Isaiah Albro

Blue Heron

|

By Sierra Glassman

Pink

|

By Abhi Sukhdial

Mother Earth

|

By Celeste Escobar

Dreamland

|

By Neel Rangan

The House in the Willows

|

By Nicole Qian

Friends and Footprints

|

By Samantha Abrishani, Illustrated by Hannah Parker

Echoes

|

By Bailey Curtin

Echoes

|

By Bailey Curtin

My Grandma Helen

|

By Sadie Perkins

Boxes

|

By Melina Ahmad

No Boundaries

|

By Christian Goh

Parade of Clouds

|

By Asfia Jawed

The Red Balloon…

|

By Rafi Mohammed

Searching for Bows and Arrows

|

By Tatiana Rebecca Shrayer

Bubble Bee

|

By Christian Goh

Self-Portrait

|

By Alexander McCullough

Garage Junk

|

Jerry Xia

A Dream of Chaos

|

By Atlas William Iacobucci

The Only Life in Death Flower

|

By Delaney Slote

Stone Soup Honor Roll: May 2018

|

By The Editors

Illuminated

|

By Lara Katz

THE MOON

|

By Andy Wu

The Fence

|

By Lia Clark

Trees and Clouds

|

By Alexa Zhang

Cedar Waxwing

|

By Sierra Glassman

Lord of the Binder Rings

|

By Ula Pomian

Poetry Portfolio

|

By Sophia Dahlin

About the Author

|

By Gabriel Levy

About the Author Poem

|

By Emilei Lu

tiny big valley

|

By Angelina Lu,

lonely boy

|

By Gilbert Huang

A human

|

By Gilbert Huang

Untitled

|

By Gilbert Huang

Myself

|

By Gilbert Huang

One Horse

|

By Lara Katz

The Ride of Infinity

|

By Raina Sawyer

The Stone Angel

|

By Julia Lockwood

Uprising

|

By Margaret Peterson Haddix, Reviewed by Eliza Smith

Stone Soup Honor Roll: April 2018

|

By The Editors

Illuminated

|

By Lara Katz

Window to Another World

|

By Hannah Parker

A Great Community

|

By Charlie Kubica

A Field at Sunset

|

By Hannah Parker

A Child’s Memoir

|

By Alejandro Lugo Saavedra

Editor’s Note

|

By Emma Wood

Editor’s Note

|

By Emma Wood

Young Eyes

|

By Allie Aguila, Illustrated by Lingfei Li<br/><br/><strong>2nd Place in the 2018 Science Fiction Contest</strong>

The Moon Loomed Before Him

|

By Li Lingfei

The Mystical Creatures of Blue Spout Bay

|

By Marlena Rohde, Illustrated by Nicole Qian <br/><br/><strong>3rd Place in the 2018 Science Fiction Contest</strong>

Seaweed Towered Above Her

|

By Nicole Qian

Sunk

|

By Benjamin Mitchell, Illustrated by Evelyn Yao<br/><br/><strong>4th Place in the 2018 Science Fiction Contest</strong>

Saguaros at Sunset

|

By Evelyn Yao

Saguaros: Amazing Plants

|

By Marco Lu

The Eclipse

|

By Kyle Wu

Pigs to the Rescue

|

By Taryn Morlock

Stone Soup Honor Roll: September 2018

|

By The Editors

How the Universe Came to Be

|

By Yutia Li

I Wonder

|

By Sterling Waterfield

The Absence of Opposites

|

By Kieran O’Donnell

The Night After the Concert

|

By Avery Multer

Middlenames

|

By Thomas Faulhaber, Illustrated by Avery Multer<br/><br/><strong>Winner of the 2018 Science Fiction Contest</strong>

Editor’s Note

|

By Emma Wood

Parker

|

By Kate Duplantis

The City

|

By Karinne Ulrey, Illustrated by Eli Breyer Essiam

Untitled

|

By Reed Skelton

Untitled

|

By Chloe Goodman

The City

|

By Karinne Ulrey, Illustrated by Eli Breyer Essiam

Untitled

|

By Reed Skelton

Untitled

|

By Chloe Goodman

The Clock of Emotion

|

By Elisabeth Baer, Illustrated by Chloe Goodman

Connected with Nature

|

By Antara Gangwal

The Moon and My Heart

|

By Rebecca Beaver

Miss-takes

|

By Ari Martinez

Dad Cut My Nails

|

By Ari Martinez

Peering Out

|

By Delaney Slote

The Cryptic Crypt

|

By Sydney Burr, Illustrated by Delaney Slote

Bugs are the Future!

|

By Oliver Jacobs, Illustrated by Ula Pomian

Among the Asparagus

|

By Ula Pomian

The Avocado Tree

|

By Sara Chebili

Light and Darkness

|

By Carly Vermillion

Swept-Up Fish

|

By Sabrina Feldberg, Illustrated by Reed Skelton

Wildfire

|

By Karinne Ulrey, Illustrated by Eli Breyer Essiam

Orange Landscape

|

By Eli Breyer Essiam

The Missing Piece

|

By Lucy Zanker

Church at Sunset

|

By Cordelia Athas

Queen of the World

|

By Ana Carpenter

Anne with an E

|

By Neena Dzur

Stone Soup Honor Roll: July/August 2018

|

By The Editors

Editor’s Note

|

By Emma Wood

Ostriches

|

By Sierra Glassman

Stone Soup Honor Roll: June 2018

|

By The Editors

What’s inside my messy head?

|

By Tommy Swartz

Red Fern

|

By Hannah Parker

The Red and Blue Thread

|

By Rhianna Searle, Illustrated by Abhi Sukhdial

The Hobbit

|

By J.R.R. Tolkien, Reviewed by Catherine Gruen

Light in the Dark

|

By Hannah Parker

Green Envy

|

By Delaney Slote

A New Comfort

|

By Sonja ten Grotenhuis

The Mouse Who Played Keyboard

|

By Isaiah Albro

The Lion and the House Cat

|

By Isaiah Albro

Blue Heron

|

By Sierra Glassman

Pink

|

By Abhi Sukhdial

Mother Earth

|

By Celeste Escobar

Dreamland

|

By Neel Rangan

The House in the Willows

|

By Nicole Qian

Friends and Footprints

|

By Samantha Abrishani, Illustrated by Hannah Parker

Echoes

|

By Bailey Curtin

Echoes

|

By Bailey Curtin

My Grandma Helen

|

By Sadie Perkins

Boxes

|

By Melina Ahmad

No Boundaries

|

By Christian Goh

Parade of Clouds

|

By Asfia Jawed

The Red Balloon…

|

By Rafi Mohammed

Searching for Bows and Arrows

|

By Tatiana Rebecca Shrayer

Bubble Bee

|

By Christian Goh

Self-Portrait

|

By Alexander McCullough

Garage Junk

|

Jerry Xia

A Dream of Chaos

|

By Atlas William Iacobucci

The Only Life in Death Flower

|

By Delaney Slote

Stone Soup Honor Roll: May 2018

|

By The Editors

Illuminated

|

By Lara Katz

THE MOON

|

By Andy Wu

The Fence

|

By Lia Clark

Trees and Clouds

|

By Alexa Zhang

Cedar Waxwing

|

By Sierra Glassman

Lord of the Binder Rings

|

By Ula Pomian

Poetry Portfolio

|

By Sophia Dahlin

About the Author

|

By Gabriel Levy

About the Author Poem

|

By Emilei Lu

tiny big valley

|

By Angelina Lu,

lonely boy

|

By Gilbert Huang

A human

|

By Gilbert Huang

Untitled

|

By Gilbert Huang

Myself

|

By Gilbert Huang

One Horse

|

By Lara Katz

The Ride of Infinity

|

By Raina Sawyer

The Stone Angel

|

By Julia Lockwood

Uprising

|

By Margaret Peterson Haddix, Reviewed by Eliza Smith

Stone Soup Honor Roll: April 2018

|

By The Editors

Illuminated

|

By Lara Katz