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Writing Activity: depicting an obsession, with “The Horse’s Reins” by Nicholas La Cortiglia, 10

by William Rubel

Published July 22, 2009

Writing Activity: increasing tension with first person narrative

by William Rubel

Published July 22, 2009

This story, told from the point of view of the first person, is short but wound tight, like a spring. The story flows from beginning to end, concluding in a climax, Piper has succeeded in...

Writing Project (non-fiction): using personal experience to develop understanding, with “Experiencing Home” by Yodit Lemma, 12

by William Rubel

Published July 15, 2009

Experiencing Home by Yodit Lemma War and Peace. It has always been true that somewhere in the world there has been war and in other parts there has been peace. But now, with television, those...

Struggle for Independence

by Jane Levi

Published September 1, 1994

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.

As Long as We’re Happy, Part Two

by Stone Soup Editors

Published October 2, 1986

We Are Looking for Freedom

by Jane Levi

Published March 1, 1986

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....

My Story

by Jane Levi

Published November 1, 1985

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. They...

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. The country is...

My Country and the Way to America

by Jane Levi

Published May 1, 1985

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...

Writing Activity: depicting an obsession, with “The Horse’s Reins” by Nicholas La Cortiglia, 10

Post Published July 22, 2009 by William Rubel

Lots of girls dream of horses. And there are lots of stories about horse-loving girls. What makes this story special, The Horse's Reins, by Nicholas La Cortiglia, is how Nicholas, through attention to detail, makes Julie into a full-as-life character, a girl with an obsession, but a girl who is also a normal child within a family.

Writing Activity: increasing tension with first person narrative

Post Published July 22, 2009 by William Rubel

This story, told from the point of view of the first person, is short but wound tight, like a spring. The story flows from beginning to end, concluding in a climax, Piper has succeeded in doing something that is very difficult - getting the reader of a short story to so identify with the character that we, too, feel the relief of the ending, we, too, feel overwhelmed by what is happening and a sen...

Writing Project (non-fiction): using personal experience to develop understanding, with “Experiencing Home” by Yodit Lemma, 12

Post Published July 15, 2009 by William Rubel

Experiencing Home by Yodit Lemma War and Peace. It has always been true that somewhere in the world there has been war and in other parts there has been peace. But now, with television, those of us who live in peace see war every day in our houses as the war takes place. The war on TV looks real and makes us think that we know what war is like.

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.

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. Sofia was a student of A. Pavlou at the Ergates-Nicosia School when she made her painting. It was donated to the Children's Art Foundation by the Greek-Cypriot government.

As Long as We’re Happy, Part Two

Post Published October 2, 1986 by Stone Soup Editors

In Part One, Mrs. Davids happily starts her teaching job and marries a doctor. Three years later, she is no longer happy; her husband has left home one day and never come back. She begins taking out her frustrations on her students, including Grace, the writer, Peter, the math whiz, and Danny, the class clown.

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. After 1975 my father stop working for C.I.A. One night at eight o'clock in August 30, 1978, the Viet Cong come and caught my father to put in the jail. Because my father work for C.I.A. At 1979 my dad is dead.

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. They sent us and the other people out of town to other places to work on the rice fields. My family had to walk fifteen days to the new place. We took only things with us like clothes and so on.

The Escape

Post Published May 1, 1985 by Jane Levi

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. Me and my younger sister we stay home. Everybody is go to work. We has a restaurant in Vietnam. So my family they work there. In Vietnam is very awful so we leave.

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