It’s All in the Details (engaging the senses)

by Gerry Mandel

Published February 28, 2015

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day on March 17, we chose “Leprechaun Rain” as the featured story from our March/April...
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Stone Soup Illustrator Audrey Zhang Wins Doodle 4 Google Contest!

by Gerry Mandel

Published July 21, 2014

Audrey Zhang, age 11, is a fantastic artist, so we were only a little surprised when we learned that she...
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Yes He Can! Challenging Stereotypes with Fiction

by Gerry Mandel

Published May 6, 2014

Can a boy dancer be cool? Yes he can! And yet Alex, the main character in “Standing Alone,” is teased mercilessly...
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Five Simple Tips for Revising

by Jenn Stefaniak

Published March 14, 2014

Let’s face it. Writing is fun. It’s the revising we avoid.  When we first write, our pen goes wherever our...
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Book Review: “Models for Teaching Writing-craft Target Skills” by Freeman and Koehler

by Jenn Stefaniak

Published March 1, 2014

No doubt about it, reading positively affects writing; however, educators often struggle with how to integrate the former into writing...
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Words of Wonder

by Jenn Stefaniak

Published February 24, 2014

It never fails. Whenever I visit my mother for a few days, I make my way to the basement bookcases....
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Emma T. Capps Stop Action Illustration for Stone Soup

by Michael King 2

Published August 1, 2011

If you are an artist, watch this video! If you are a teacher, then use this video as part of...
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Using Stone Soup to encourage students to produce inventive, creative writing

by William Rubel

Published October 20, 2009

Creative writing, as a term, was invented in the 19th century to express the idea that there was writing, and...
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