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 War: Student 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
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