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Daily Creativity #41 | Flash Contest: Write about what Superheroes do in their Spare Time

Post Published May 18, 2020 by Molly Torinus

Write about what super-heroes and super-villains do in their spare time or on their days off. Feel free to make it funny: maybe Voldemort enjoys yoga, or Wonder Woman writes a blog.
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Book Club Report: The Inquisitor’s Tale, by Adam Gidwitz (cont.)

Post Published May 17, 2020 by Laura Moran

An Update from our fifth Stone Soup Book Club meeting This week, during our 5th meeting of the Stone Soup Book Club (13 May, 2020), we discussed The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, the Three Magical Childr...
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Utopia for an Animal, art and words by Himank Chhaya, 12

Post Published May 17, 2020 by Stone Soup Editors

“Utopia for an Animal” is a pictorial representation of how the coronavirus has changed our lives. As depicted, humans are stuck inside their homes and apartments, as animals outside frolic and pl...
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“Hope,” a poem by Simran Umatt, 9, illustrated with “Together,” by Anna Elizabeth Linney, 11

Post Published May 15, 2020 by Stone Soup Editors

Hope By Simran Umatt, 9 We have hope in our hearts, Stored inside like treasure. We hope that someday, We can play with our friends with pleasure We hope that we can Hold hands forever and ever...
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Daily Creativity #40: Think about Endings and Try Writing a Different One

Post Published May 15, 2020 by Jane Levi

Endings are hard. Try thinking about endings as punctuation: Period: it’s all neatly tied up and finished. Question mark: a few things are left open - whatever will happen next?
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We Are Strong, a poem by Georgia Marshall, 11

Post Published May 14, 2020 by Stone Soup Editors

We Are Strong By Georgia Marshall, 11 Fires burning across the globe Porcelain crashing True loves forced to see each other, only through windows. And when the sky is falling Through a cracke...
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Daily Creativity #39: Write a Poem Inspired by a Breugel Painting

Post Published May 14, 2020

Study this painting for at least five minutes (set a timer!), zooming in to get a better look and taking notes on what you notice. Then write a 16-line poem about it.
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Cotton Candy

Post Published May 13, 2020 by Himank Chhaya

The history and science of cotton candy is often overlooked. But under the cover, it's actually quite interesting. Machine-spun cotton candy was, strangely enough, invented by a dentist, William Mo...
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An update on the amazing work of LILAC – Long Island Laboring Against COVID-19

Post Published May 13, 2020 by Stone Soup Editors

We shared the news with you last month that past Stone Soup contributor Sabrina Guo, a freshman at Syosset High School in NY, created new organization called LILAC, a student-led organization dedi...
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Birthdays in Quarantine, some thoughts from Anya Geist, 13

Post Published May 13, 2020 by Anya Geist

Last Tuesday, on April 21, Massachusetts Gov. Baker announced that all schools in Massachusetts would be closed for the rest of the year, meaning that my birthday, on June 10th, will officially be a C...
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