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National Poetry Month: 15 Poems for Children

Post Published April 13, 2018 by Jane Levi

We've partnered with the Academy of American Poets to celebrate National Poetry Month--check out their website if you haven't before, but be aware you could lose a few hours reading!
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Music Contest Winners 2017

Post Published February 22, 2017 by Jane Levi

The entries for our February 2017 Music Contest, in which Stone Soup readers recorded their performances of Anna Steiger's childhood composition La Valse des Fleurs (Flower Walz), were so good we deci...
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Writing Activity: adopting a style through unusual language, with “Once Upon a Time” by Robin Eldred, 6

Post Published June 16, 2016 by Jane Levi

Introduction to This Stone Soup Writing Activity “Once Upon a Time” is an example of a story written in unusual English. This work is by a six-year-old and is a good example of how young children ...
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Struggle for Independence

Post Published September 1, 1994 by Jane Levi

Originally published in Stone Soup Magazine, September/October 1994 Special thanks to Sheila Crane, who taught in Emil's school in Rundu, for sending us his work.
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Divided Island

Post Published March 1, 1993 by Jane Levi

First published on the cover of Stone Soup Magazine, March/April 1993 "Divided Island," by Sofia Kakoulli, age 11, of Cyprus, is part of the Children's Art Foundation's permanent collection.
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We Are Looking for Freedom

Post Published March 1, 1986 by Jane Levi

I live in Vietnam. I went to school in Saigon. I has one cat. I has four brother, no sister. My mother selling in her own store. My father was working for C.I.A. before 1975.
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My Story

Post Published November 1, 1985 by Jane Levi

I was born on October 31, 1972 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. I was very young when my country was in trouble in 1975. In 1975, the Khmer Rouge (the Communist leaders) came into town.
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The Escape

Post Published May 1, 1985 by Jane Levi

I have been through an experience that I will never forget. When I was about six years old, my family and I escaped looking for freedom in America, because the Viet Cong took over my country.
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My Country and the Way to America

Post Published May 1, 1985 by Jane Levi

I live in Vietnam. I go to school in Vietnam. I have three pigs and one dog, but the dog is dead. My mother she was sad. My mother my father my sister is go to work.
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