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Claire’s Summer Journal Pages

by Claire R

Published October 14, 2018

This summer, William sent out a call for pictures of your summer journal pages. We know it is already fall, but we wanted to make sure to publish some of our favorites! Here are some...

Getting Closer to Your Goals

by Nushu Shri

Published October 10, 2018

One of my goals last year was to read a lot of books. I wanted to reach 50, but once I reached it, I knew I could aim higher. I bumped up my goal to...

Guest Post: The Big Split

by Stone Soup Editors

Published October 8, 2018

Writing Activity: working with dialogue

by Stone Soup Editors

Published October 4, 2018

Juvenilia: an introduction via Jane Austen, the Brontës and others

by Stone Soup Editors

Published September 28, 2018

Young Writers of the past: The Young Visiters [sic], or Mr. Salteena’s Plan (1919) by Daisy Ashford, age 8-9

by Stone Soup Editors

Published September 28, 2018

Documenting history in children’s art: Egypt in the late 1970s

by Stone Soup Editors

Published September 24, 2018

Writing and art activity: using Ballet as inspiration for creative writing and art

by Stone Soup Editors

Published September 21, 2018

Ballet is an art in which adults partake in a fantasy world that is more often associated with children's stories. Nobody speaks in a ballet–the classic story ballets are performed silently–although there is a sign...

The Atlantic Net Pen Collapse

by Mia W

Published September 20, 2018

Author Interview: Patricia Newman, author of Plastic Ahoy! talks to Stone Soup blogger Lukas Cooke

by Lukas Cooke

Published September 14, 2018

Lukas Cooke, our young blogger interested in nature and the environment, recently had the opportunity to read one of Patricia Newman's books, Plastic Ahoy!: Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and then talk to the...

Claire’s Summer Journal Pages

Post Published October 14, 2018 by Claire R

This summer, William sent out a call for pictures of your summer journal pages. We know it is already fall, but we wanted to make sure to publish some of our favorites! Here are some pages from Claire R's journal.

Getting Closer to Your Goals

Post Published October 10, 2018 by Nushu Shri

One of my goals last year was to read a lot of books. I wanted to reach 50, but once I reached it, I knew I could aim higher. I bumped up my goal to 100, and ended up very close. How did I do it? Well, last year, I tried something new: using a reading journal to track all of my bookish data (to-reads, what I read this year, Goodreads challenges, etc.).

Guest Post: The Big Split

Post Published October 8, 2018 by Stone Soup Editors

by Kat J. As I was reading “Seeing Over the Side of the Boat,” a personal narrative written by Benjamin Halperin and illustrated by Kyle Trefny, I started to see myself in the author’s perspective—lost and confused in a broken home. Written from Benjamin’s point of view, readers follow the thirteen-year-old author’s thoughts and emotions as he tries to understand his parents’ unexp...

Writing Activity: working with dialogue

Post Published October 4, 2018 by Stone Soup Editors

This activity is built around a story by 11-year-old Lena Boesser-Koschmann, first published in the November/December 1992 issue of Stone Soup, and more recently in the Stone Soup Book of Animal Stories. "The Bear" is a great story on many levels. For the purposes of this activity, we focus on its powerful use of dialogue to unfold events, reveal character, and express feelings.

Juvenilia: an introduction via Jane Austen, the Brontës and others

Post Published September 28, 2018 by Stone Soup Editors

Juvenilia is the name given to creative work produced by recognized authors and artists when they were children and young adults. The late eighteenth and early nineteenth century was a fruitful time for juvenilia, especially that of writers. Jane Austen, the Brontë family, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, amongst others, among others, wrote extensively when they were young.

Young Writers of the past: The Young Visiters [sic], or Mr. Salteena’s Plan (1919) by Daisy Ashford, age 8-9

Post Published September 28, 2018 by Stone Soup Editors

The Young Visiters sold 300,000 copies in 1919! And that was just in Britain! The introduction to The Young Visiters was written by J. M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan. In Britain, The Young Visiters was published by the prestigious house of Chatto and Windus; in the U.S. by George H. Doran. The book was published without corrections for spelling or punctuation.

Documenting history in children’s art: Egypt in the late 1970s

Post Published September 24, 2018 by Stone Soup Editors

We at the Children's Art Foundation were very lucky to be given these extraordinary felt pen drawings by the Egyptian government in the late 1970s. Besides being unusually strong works of children's art most of them depict a day in history that still resonates: the visit by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to Israel in 1977 to negotiate a peace treaty.

Writing and art activity: using Ballet as inspiration for creative writing and art

Post Published September 21, 2018 by Stone Soup Editors

The Atlantic Net Pen Collapse

Post Published September 20, 2018 by Mia W

The Salish Sea is a vast body of water, stretching from southwest British Columbia, Canada, to the northwest portion of Washington State, USA. It provides a saline habitat for thousands of animals. Seagulls squawk overhead, and sleek harbor seals make occasional appearances. Forests of kelp sway with the current. It is an amazing and unique place.

Author Interview: Patricia Newman, author of Plastic Ahoy! talks to Stone Soup blogger Lukas Cooke

Post Published September 14, 2018 by Lukas Cooke

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