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CHILDREN'S LITERARY MAGAZINE FEATURES ARMENIANS IN LATEST ISSUE
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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
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