The 2024 Awards Issue
Vol. 36, No. 2 Sept. – Dec. 2024 ISSN: 0899-529X
2 2024 Book Awards: Our Annual Honors List of
Multicultural and Nature Books & Teaching Resources
5 From the Editor • Where I Am From • Culture Embrace
6 Celebrate America Creative Writing Contest
• Stories of Us by Angela Du, grade 5, New York
• Sugar and Milk by Ananya Siddabathuni, grade 5, Minnesota
• I See America by Caroline Keslinke, grade 5, Illinois
9 The Asian Celebration Haiku and Tanka Exhibit
The 2024 Youth Honor Awards
12 Art and Photos by Autumn Maley, grade 9, New York
14 One O’Clock by Mahilan Guha, grade 11, Maryland
16 Silent Sufferers by Eden You, age 11, New York
17 Sages of Borneo by Anthony Wei, age 11, New York
19 Cultural Diversity by Aayuv Reddy, age 8, New Jersey • Echoes… • Killing Spree
20 Poems by Jack Aronian, age 14, Connecticut
21 The Woods by Laurel Aronian, age 17, Connecticut
23 Mother Tree • So Long, Schoolhouse • Fiction
24 Spirit of the Navajo & Landscape Photography by Arianna Shaprow, 13, Nevada
25 The Rock Pushed Me • Art by Jessie Li, grade 6, British Columbia, Canada
26 the girl of the desert • True Beauty • A Beautiful Bond? • Stars on Earth
27 You Say by Aditi Nair, age 16, Virginia • My Mother’s Saree
28 Noteworthy Art Entries by Students in South Korea
30 Artwork by Jessie Li, grade 6, British Columbia, Canada
31 My Identity • A Prayer for My Multiverse Mother
32 To Each Their Own by Jonathan Junkins, age 17, Oregon
33 Not Either-Or by Yifei Kevin Niu, age 17, Massachusetts
34 To Appreciate And Accept by Steven Wang, age 17, New York
35 North & South Korea • Seoul City • Unthinking • Write Yourself a Lantern
36 More than Just a Delivery by Keva Jain, age 10, New York
37 Traditional Chinese Painting: Art by Zeran Li, age 16, New York
38 Nature Art by Pooja Verma, age 15, California
Regular Departments
Cover: Culture Embrace by Amelia Chyu, grade 8, South Korea
8 Guest Editorial: Lost Before Translation by Emily Maremont, age 17, California
18 Skipping Stones Stew: Honed Vitality • Raindrops • El Cenzontle
40 Back Cover: Traditional Chinese Paintings by Zeran Li, grade 10, New York
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