
Skipping Stones
Vol. 31, No. 3 July – Sept. 2019 ISSN: 0899-529X
Annual Haiku Exhibit • The 2019 Book Awards • Celebrating America
2 Haiku and Art by Eighth Graders in Ohio
5 Dancing Feet
7 Bringing Awareness to the Refugee Crisis
8 Social and Peer Justice • Shattered Shell, Shattered Harmony
9 Where Cherry Blossoms Line the Road • Open Beauty
11 Hurricane Maria • The Beach
12 Petty Fight
15 Asian Celebration Haiku Contest
17 Haiku Entries from California
19 The 2019 Honors List of Multicultural & Nature Books
21 If I Can’t Speak, It Doesn’t Mean I Have No Rights
22 Fast Fashion: The True Cost
23 The Piñata: It’s Not Just for Birthdays
24 Dragons Down Under
26 Music to His Ears and Hands
27 Beyond The Blues: Sailing Around the Globe
28 Sacred Cows
29 Schoolboys, Rain, and Multicolored Umbrellas
30 Celebrate America 2019 Creative Writing Contest:
Tell Me A Story • Land of Dreams
32 History of the Contemporary Middle Kingdom
33 We Are Not So Distinct
34 East Meets West! Photographs of the Western United States
Regular Departments
Cover: Haiku and Art by Nazin Taraghi, grade 7, California.
6 What’s On Your Mind?
10 Cultural Collage: Ramón’s Lucky Toothache
13 Skipping Stones Stew
14 Nana Jean: On Friendship
25 Noteworthy N.E.W.S.
36 Back Cover: The 2019 Haiku Contest Exhibit