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We’ve introduced color tabs to help you find the recommended age groups for each poem and story. Everything in this issue is family-friendly, but the tabs help show what age group might appreciate a poem or story best.
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- = Ages 8+
- = Ages 10+
- = Ages 12+
Letter from the Editors
POEMS
I Know
by Fiona Halliday
Dawn Song
by Steven Searcy
Spring Confetti
by Steven Searcy
The Greatest Gift of All
by Pat Severin
Oh Baby, Oh Baby
by Pat Severin
Snowflake Kisses
by Elizabeth Wrobel
Dreams of a Snow Day
by Elizabeth Wrobel
The Sleepover
by Pat Severin
And Yet You Love
by Mike Dailey
From Whom I Pray
by Mike Dailey
I Nailed His Hands
by Bob Hicks
The Walk
by Jeniya Mard
Come Join the Song
by Steven Searcy
Sing
by Robert Funderburk
His Mother
by Michael D. Young
Sister, Oh Sister
by Raelene Purtill
Butterflies
by Clara Klein
To a Candle
by Teresa Burleson
Not the Gardener Original Bubbles
by Rachel Michelle Collier
Eleanor Wants More
by Rachel Michelle Collier
On Weekends
by Ann Privateer
He Is Real
by Adesiyan Oluwapelumi (age 17)
STORIES
The Christmas Goose
by Bryant Burroughs
A Lady Today
by Alysia C. Anderson
The Wileys’ Horses
by Maggie Nerz Iribarne
A Christmas to Remember
by William Sirls
Dear Nana (Nonfiction)
by Laura Plummer
Faith of Little Girl
by Adesiyan Oluwanifemi (age 12)
Untitled photograph by Carl Scharwath
ART
Fill My Cup
by Ariana Biggs
The Test
by Jason Hendrickson
Two Photographs
by Carl Scharwath
Two Photographs
by Clarissa Cervantes
GAMES
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