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    CHILDREN'S LITERARY MAGAZINE FEATURES ARMENIANS IN LATEST ISSUE

    http://asbarez.com/120832/children%E2%80%99s-literary-magazine-features-armenians-in-latest-issue/
    Wednesday, March 19th, 2014

    The Skipping Stones Spring 2014 issue's cover features a photo of a
    shepherd and his flock with Mt. Ararat in the background

    EUGENE, Ore.--Skipping Stones International Multicultural Magazine, an
    award-winning children's periodical, is featuring Armenia and Armenians
    in its Spring 2014 edition. Distributed to schools, libraries and
    individuals/families, Skipping Stones magazine celebrates ecological
    and cultural diversity, facilitates a meaningful exchange of ideas and
    experiences, and is suited for readers ages 8-16 (grades 4-11). The
    non-profit, quarterly magazine is independently produced by a group
    of human rights, multicultural and diversity educators and is in its
    26th year of publication.

    Among the features spotlighted in the April-June 2014 issue will be 7
    pages of articles and photos about Armenia and the Armenians. Curated
    by Armenian-American children's book author Lucine Kasbarian in
    time for April -- Genocide Memorial Month -- the feature includes a
    photo essay, "A Journey Through Armenia"; a profile of an Armenian
    artist, art teacher and historic preservationist, Ashot Avagyan,
    called "Teaching Hope in Sisian" and written by Kasbarian; an essay
    called "A Child of Immigrants Remembers His Childhood," written by
    writer-editor C.K. Garabed; "Unknown," a poem by Gayane Jamgotchian,
    a graduate of the Holy Martyrs Armenian Day School in Oakland Gardens,
    New York; reproductions of artworks created by students from the Sisian
    Art School; and an overview of Armenia. A photo, taken by Hovsep
    Dagdigian and depicting a shepherd and his flock with Mt. Ararat in
    the background, adorns the front cover of this issue.

    Skipping Stones' mission is to encourage cooperation, creativity
    and celebration of cultural and linguistic diversity. The magazine
    explores stewardship of the ecological and social webs that inform and
    nurture the world, and offers a unique forum for communication among
    children from different lands and backgrounds -- expanding horizons in
    a playful, imaginative way and without commercialization. Each issue
    of Skipping Stones contains essays, stories, poems, an advice column,
    letters to the editor, photos, recipes, and folktales written by both
    children and adults from around the world. Multicultural and nature
    books are also recommended in every issue of the magazine.

    "We try our best to make reading an active experience, relevant to
    issues today's young people confront on a local and global level,"
    says Arun Toke, executive editor of Skipping Stones. "Our readers
    hail from north, south, east, and west. From villages to inner cities,
    youth of diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds have something
    to say -- about their culture, school, religion, environment, or
    neighborhoods. Skipping Stones provides a place for writers and artists
    of all ages and backgrounds to communicate openly and creatively."

    Skipping Stones has been honored with a number of recognitions,
    including the NAME Award of the National Association for Multicultural
    Educators, two EdPress Awards, a Parent's Choice Award, and a 2003
    Writer Award. Over the years, Skipping Stones has been reviewed
    in publications such as Utne Reader, School Library Journal,
    Multicultural Education, Multicultural Review, Rethinking Schools,
    Creative Classroom, Earth Island Journal, Green Teacher, Learning and
    East-West Journal. Every year, Skipping Stones prepares an Honors List
    of exceptional multicultural and nature books for children and their
    educators. In keeping with its ecological concerns, the magazine is
    printed on recycled paper with soy ink.

    Young readers from all over the world are encouraged to submit stories,
    artwork and photographs to the magazine.

    School librarians or principals in a low-income countries or regions
    of the world are encouraged to request a free, one-year subscription
    to Skipping Stones, a set of 100 back issues of the magazine, or a
    box of children's books (mostly in English).

    Visit the Skipping Stones webpage for more details.



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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