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Luxi and Miola: Recitals and Matches

Post Published April 18, 2018 by Hana Greenberg

This graphic novel is the sequel to "Luxi and Miola: Play Troubles." They both happen to have their events on a same day, and they both want Mom to come. I hope you enjoy it!!
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Circus Olympus and Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone

Post Published April 11, 2018 by Sarah Cymrot

The wooden doors loomed in front of us as we struggled to put aside the thought of what was on the other side. Blackness seeped in and the door swung open, cueing the circus music to blast and multic...
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The Basics of Animation: Walk Cycle

Post Published December 26, 2017 by Dylan Gibson

Animation is a complicated activity. It may look easy enough, but it’s actually not all that simple. It takes many steps to create even the most simple of animations.
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The Life of Mahatma Gandhi and the Act of Going Deeper in Learning

Post Published November 3, 2017 by Sarah Cymrot

Eleven seventh graders and one teacher are clustered around three white tables in the middle of a small room, the walls adorned with maps, a white board, and a picture of Gandhi at a spinning wheel.
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Where are they now? We hear from Rachel Stanley, Stone Soup contributor in the early 2000s

Post Published July 18, 2017 by William Rubel

We are often asked--and we often wonder--what careers our young authors and illustrators went on to as they grew up, so we were thrilled to hear from Rachel Stanley, one of our published illustrators ...
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Writing Activity: developing character and perspective with character sketches

Post Published November 18, 2016 by William Rubel

This writing activity is built around 11-year-old Ella Staats' story, "My Mother's Little Girl'" published in Stone Soup in September/October 2012. Read the story and then work on your project, which ...
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Gifted Soup Ingredients from A-Z: Asynchrony

Post Published November 3, 2016 by Amy Barnes

Gifted Soup Ingredients from A-Z: Asynchrony "Discover your difference – the asynchrony with which you have been blessed or cursed and make the most of it. -Howard E.
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Stone Soup Writer Interview: Isabel Folger, 12

Post Published August 26, 2016 by William Rubel

https://youtu.be/LTmdS2WFD4Q Stone Soup author Isabel Folger, 12, talks about how she lets a story gestate in her mind for a couple of weeks before she starts writing.
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Writing Activity: revealing character through problems with “As Long as We’re Happy (part 1)” by Clea Rivera, 14

Post Published August 3, 2016 by William Rubel

Introduction to this Stone Soup Writing Activity Here you find Part One of Clea’s story. In a separate activity, we’ll offer the second part. The main story, or plot, is about a teachers called Mr...
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Writing Activity: powerful expression through unique style, with “We Are Looking for Freedom” by Marigian Muhammed, 12

Post Published August 2, 2016 by William Rubel

Introduction to This Stone Soup Writing Activity "We Are Looking for Freedom" was written by Marigian one-and-a half-years after she arrived in the United States.
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