Coming of Age

Art· — This graphic novel is the sequel to “Luxi and Miola: Play Troubles.” They both happen to have their events on a same day, and they both want Mom to come....

Blog Post· — The wooden doors loomed in front of us as we struggled to put aside the thought of what was on the other side. Blackness seeped in and the door swung...

Blog Post· — Animation is a complicated activity. It may look easy enough, but it’s actually not all that simple. It takes many steps to create even the most simple of animations. In...

Blog Post· — Eleven seventh graders and one teacher are clustered around three white tables in the middle of a small room, the walls adorned with maps, a white board, and a picture...

Curriculum· — We are often asked–and we often wonder–what careers our young authors and illustrators went on to as they grew up, so we were thrilled to hear from Rachel Stanley, one...

Curriculum· — This writing activity is built around 11-year-old Ella Staats’ story, “My Mother’s Little Girl‘” published in Stone Soup in September/October 2012. Read the story and then work on your project,...

Curriculum· — Gifted Soup Ingredients from A-Z: Asynchrony “Discover your difference – the asynchrony with which you have been blessed or cursed  and make the most of it. -Howard E. Gardner The intellectually...

Curriculum· — Stone Soup author Isabel Folger, 12, talks about how she lets a story gestate in her mind for a couple of weeks before she starts writing. Isabel had four stories published in Stone...

Curriculum· — Introduction to this Stone Soup Writing Activity Here you find Part One of Clea’s story. In a separate activity, we’ll offer the second part. The main story, or plot, is...

Curriculum· — Introduction to This Stone Soup Writing Activity “We Are Looking for Freedom” was written by Marigian one-and-a half-years after she arrived in the United States. It is a true story...