
Skipping Stones
Vol. 31, No. 4 Oct. – Dec. 2019 ISSN: 0899-529X
The 2019 Youth Honor Awards • 30th Anniversary Contest
2 Art by Athena Yao, 16, New York
5 The Mid-Autumn Festival
6 Our 30th Anniversary Contest: An Attempt
7 Isolated Island Paradise • Yellow Skin and Pink Hair
8 16 Chimes • Girl Love
9 “Faces from the Earth”
10 Students at Saraha Children’s School • The United States of America
11 Small Things, Big Difference • Trophy Hunting
12 Noteworthy Entries: A Letter to Nature • The Golden Beach • The Sun
13 Skin of a Tree • Devoid • Clouds
15 Ancestral Footprints: Journeys through the African Diaspora
21 2019 Youth Honor Awards: True Equals
22 Athena Yao’s Art • I Am the Flow of Eddies
23 Poetry by Uma Menon, 16, Florida
24 Poems by 4th graders at the Laurence School, California
25 Poems and Art by Students of Na‘au Learning Center, Hawai‘i
26 “Colorful Feast” • Red and Gold
27 My Love and Pride
28 Spark of Inspiration
29 The Peacock: El Pavo Real • Zanier
30 Plight of Polar Bears in the Arctic • My Truth
31 Open the Door • Purpose • Letters to Planet Earth
32 Join Kids Fighting for Climate Justice
Regular Departments
Cover Self Portrait by Isabelle Han, 17, Texas.
3 From the Editor: Connecting With Nature and People
14 Nana Jean: Connecting through Animals
15 Cultural Collage: Ancestral Footprints
33 Noteworthy N.E.W.S. & Taking Action
34 BookShelf
35 Nature Art Entries by Students
36 Back Cover
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