The blog is written by the young writers and artists of Stone Soup. If you are aged 13 or younger and have something to say on any topic—nature, science, cookery, sport, sewing, crafts, music, photography, travel—we would love to hear your voice. We are also always happy to hear from book reviewers. Please go to our Submittable site for more details on how to become a young blogger. We accept individual posts and are also always looking for writers to contribute on a regular basis—once a week or once a month.
All We Can Do Is Wait, Reviewed by Sita, 13
All We Can Do Is Wait by Richard Lawson is an incredibly moving story about life, death, and the gray ...
Apples, a poem by Mason, 9
Apples A sweet fruit, round like a ball. Pieces split with a slice of a knife. Pushing and shoving, hands ...
The Twits, Reviewed by Petros Korahais, 8
The Twits by Roald Dahl is a disgusting, creepy, repulsive book full of gross descriptions of stinky people who are ...
I Can Change the World with Hope, a poem by Tanvi, 11
I Can Change the World with Hope Tanvi Padala, 11 I’ve always dreamt of a place Where everyone would treat ...
Running or Racing?
Running or racing? It’s such a simple question and most of us would probably choose running. But is that really ...
All Rise For The Honorable Perry T. Cook, Reviewed by Emma, 9
All Rise For The Honorable Perry T. Cook by Leslie Connor is an amazing book that deserves much praise. The ...
Book Reviews
Restart by Gordon Korman, Reviewed by Serena, 9
I was looking around the library for something to read when my eye caught sight of a book with a ...
The Mysterious Benedict Society, Reviewed by Alexis, 13
Imagine there is an evil man, hungry for control, who has invented a machine that can control what people think ...
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander, reviewed by Daniel, 10
No humans are truly the same: not even identical twins. While on the outside, it might seem like there is ...
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, Reviewed by Kevin, 9
While I was skimming through the books at Barnes & Noble one weekend, I was beginning to feel restless because ...
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson, Reviewed by Daniel, 10
Albeit obvious to many, there are hundreds of things that can influence our viewpoints and mindsets. The rich will have ...
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Reviewed by Alexis, 13
I love Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling’s writing is interesting, accessible, and will have you laughing, and especially crying, with the ...
COVID-19 Blog
Book Club Report: Out of My Mind, by Sharon M. Draper (cont.)
An update from our seventh Stone Soup Book Club meeting! This week, during our 7th meeting of the Stone Soup Book ...
To the Year of 2120, a poem by Ahana Chandra, 11
To the Year of 2120 Ahana Chandra, 11 Did you know, there was once a storm, rising by the months? ...
Hope, a poem by Alyssa Wu, 13
Hope Alyssa Wu, 13 Fresh air floating on the old urban streets San Francisco is a ghost town. The flowers ...
The Kite, A Story Written During the Coronavirus, by Mark Torpoco, 11
The Kite Mark Torpoco, 11 Hi, I am a purple kite named Samuel. I was born on a small island ...
Superheroes of Today, a cartoon by Natya Chandrasekar, 12
Superheroes of Today Natya Chandrasekar, 12 Natya has made an amazing collection of cartoons about the “before” and “after” of ...
Perspective, a poem (and a photograph) by Anya Geist, 13
Perspective Anya Geist, 13 Life is but a glass of water Half-empty, half-full We squint at it, jaws jutted Trying ...
