William Rubel

I received this book through the Early Reviewers program. I was expecting a book of stories as written by little kids for little kids.
I was pleasantly surprised.
The stories in this book are all themed on friendship and they are selected by the editors of Stone Soup magazine. A magazine and children's art project that i guess has been around for quite a while. I had never heard of it, but these stories made me interested in this program.
These stories were written from a range of the mid 1980's to 2010 and they are selected and published in these themed collections.
I found these stories to all be emotionally deep and well written for the ages represented here, all early teens. Very deeply thought out and challenging they made me think about when I was that age and wanted nothing more than to be a writer. But I could never write like these writers. I highly recommend these books.… (mehr)