Summer 2018

Summer 2018

Skipping Stones

Vol. 30, No. 3                                   July – Sept. 2018                               ISSN: 0899-529X

2018 Haiku Contest    Book Awards    America, a Nation of Immigrants

5  A Hug!    Inviting Entries for Children’s Multicultural Art Exhibit

7  Passing Without Learning

8  Race to the Woodline    Elaf

9  Lost

10  My Personal Education Story

11  Gravity

12  The Puerto Rican Dance    Life’s Too Short For Mature

13  How Taekwondo Changed My Life

15  Flow

17  Naturally Beautiful: Photography by Paul Dix, Oregon

18  Snapshots from South America by Paul Dix

19  2018 Skipping Stones Honor Awards:  Multicultural & Nature Books for Your Reading Pleasure

22  Celebrate America, a Nation of Immigrants:

     2018 Creative Writing Contest Winners:  The Blessing of Immigration

        •   Goodbye, Hello    Land of Opportunity    Absence

        •   Why I’m Glad that America Is a Nation of Immigrants   

        •  The Story in Their Eyes

26  Haikus on Art of Frida Kahlo, Remedios Varo & Indigenous Artists

27  A Life-Saving Game

28  Clouds of WarStudent Responses to the Persian Gulf War (Bilingual Poems)

30  Cinema:  Story of a Separation

32  Economic Growth & Environmental Sustainability: Can They Co-Exist?

33  The 2018 Annual Asian Celebration Haiku Contest

Regular Departments

Cover:  2018 Haiku Contest Art Entry by Victoria Aiko Ferrante, grade 7, California.

2   Your Art Gallery

3   Letter from the Editor

6   What’s On Your Mind?  Brexit and Voting Age

14   Cultural Collage: The Smiles on Their Faces

16   Noteworthy N.E.W.S.

21   Nana Jean:  About ‘Ohana, Family

31    Skipping Stones Stew:  A Fallen Kingdom    Finger-Licking Good Food 

36   Back Cover:  Haiku Art by Students in Honolulu, Hawai‘i