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Yes He Can! Challenging Stereotypes with Fiction

by Gerry Mandel

Published May 6, 2014

Character, Plot, and Setting, Oh My! (Part 3)

by Jenn Stefaniak

Published April 11, 2014

Character, Plot, and Setting, Oh My! (Part 2)

by Jenn Stefaniak

Published April 5, 2014

Character, Plot, and Setting, Oh My! (Part 1)

by Jenn Stefaniak

Published March 28, 2014

Everybody Is Different: Varied Characters Make For Believable Characters

by Gerry Mandel

Published March 10, 2014

Realistic Storytelling

by Gerry Mandel

Published November 11, 2013

History Comes Alive

by Gerry Mandel

Published September 10, 2013

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...

Yes He Can! Challenging Stereotypes with Fiction

Post Published May 6, 2014 by Gerry Mandel

Can a boy dancer be cool? Yes he can! And yet Alex, the main character in “Standing Alone,” is teased mercilessly by his classmates because he likes to dance. They call him “ballerina,” even though he actually does contemporary dance, not ballet. They make his life miserable every chance they get. Nobody likes to be made fun of. Nobody likes to be bullied.

Character, Plot, and Setting, Oh My! (Part 3)

Post Published April 11, 2014 by Jenn Stefaniak

Developing the Elements of a Story, Part 3 I can’t even count how many times I have read Thomas’s Christmas Delivery or Little Bear’s New Friend. My children never tired of hearing about Thomas’s and Little Bear’s adventures. Though as adults we may not read the same book as many times as our children reread their favorites, we can appreciate the draw of a good story.

Character, Plot, and Setting, Oh My! (Part 2)

Post Published April 5, 2014 by Jenn Stefaniak

Developing the Elements of a Story, Part 2 I can’t even count how many times I have read Thomas’s Christmas Delivery or Little Bear’s New Friend. My children never tired of hearing about Thomas’s and Little Bear’s adventures. Though as adults we may not read the same book as many times as our children reread their favorites, we can appreciate the draw of a good story.

Character, Plot, and Setting, Oh My! (Part 1)

Post Published March 28, 2014 by Jenn Stefaniak

Developing the Elements of a Story, Part 1 I can’t even count how many times I've read Thomas’s Christmas Delivery or Little Bear’s New Friend. My children never tired of hearing about Thomas’s and Little Bear’s adventures. Though as adults we may not read the same book as many times as our children reread their favorites, we can appreciate the draw of a good story.

Everybody Is Different: Varied Characters Make For Believable Characters

Post Published March 10, 2014 by Gerry Mandel

No two people are alike. For that matter, no two animals are alike either! One mark of a great story is believable characters, each with his or her own distinct personality and habits. Author Kaley Birchfield is only eleven years old. Her story, “A Home for Barney” (the featured story from our March/April 2014 issue), is only six pages long.

Realistic Storytelling

Post Published November 11, 2013 by Gerry Mandel

I don't know about you, but I like the characters in the stories I read to seem like real people. Realistic characters have strengths and weaknesses, they talk in everyday language, they joke with their friends. A story can have an interesting plot, gripping suspense, life lessons, but if the characters don't seem like real people, the story is less effective.

History Comes Alive

Post Published September 10, 2013 by Gerry Mandel

Many Stone Soup readers tell us that historical fiction is their favorite genre. We think we know why. Realistic characters, whose feelings and concerns are similar to our own, can bring the events of history to life better than a dry textbook. A perfect example of historical fiction is “Curtis Freedom,” the featured story from our September/October 2013 issue.

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.

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