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.
My Trip to the Great Wall of China
I was born in the year of the dragon. I was always dreaming that one day I could visit the ...
What is the Stock Market?
When you hear the words "stock market," it sounds like a frightening mess that is impossible to make sense of ...
Prejudice against women scientists
There are many hardworking scientists who were unfairly denied the recognition they deserved; perhaps one of the more notable examples ...
A Lantern of Chinese Tradition
A Chinese lantern is typically red. It has a red string at the top to hold; it also has some ...
If I Could Write a Letter to the World
If I could write a letter to the world I’d ask. What about me? In ten years I’ll be 22 ...
Life Inside a Staircase, a poem by Arjun, 9
Life Inside a Staircase Arjun Nair, 9 I wonder how it would feel to live inside a staircase. A loud ...
Book Reviews
Save Me a Seat, Reviewed by Nandini Krishnan, 13, and Sarina Patel Banker, 10
Note: We coincidentally received two reviews for the same book, Save Me a Seat, by Gita Varadarajan and Sarah Weeks, ...
Ashes, Reviewed by Zoe Lynch, 11
Ashes, by Laurie Halse Anderson, is the third and final book in Anderson’s Seeds of America trilogy. It tells the ...
Oliver Twist, Reviewed by Vivaan Kartik, 8
Oliver Twist is a literary classic written by Charles Dickens, an English author in the 19th century. I have read ...
All’s Faire in Middle School, Reviewed by Sabrina Guo, 11
Victoria Jamieson’s fantastic new graphic novel, All’s Faire in Middle School, tells the tale of an eleven-year-old girl named Imogene ...
Out of my Mind, Reviewed by Alexis Forman, 11
Imagine living all your life without being able to walk, talk, or even move with fairly good coordination. Melody Brooks, ...
Small Great Things, Reviewed by Clemi Roth, age 13
New York Times-bestseller Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult is a fascinating novel about an African-American labor and delivery nurse, ...
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