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Welcome to Stories for Children Magazine, a FREE Ezine for children ages 3 to 12 years old. 
We are a monthly online children's magazine that takes children on an adventure into the World of Ink. Each issue is loaded with fun stories, articles, puzzles, children's book reviews, crafts and poems. A children's author or illustrator also stops by each month to make new friends in the World of Ink. 
Voted one of the Top Ten Best E-zines in Fiction, Non Fiction, Poetry, Cover Art, and Bookstores on the web ~Preditors and Editors Readers Poll 2007. July 2008  Cover Art by: Laura Gonzalez Click on the Cover to dowload and view the Interactive version for the July 2008 issue. Click here to download and print the July 2008 PDF version! Sign Our Guest Book and let us know what you think. 
~The SFC Team 
| Featured Guest: 
Come meet Rick Walton Author of over 30 Children's Books! Click on the picture to the story or article you would like to read and let your imagination be your guide in the World of Ink! Features:
It Happens While You Sleep (3-6) 
By: Sally Phillips
The Adventures of Hound and Tweeter (3-6)
By: Kathleen E. Fearing
Sadie and Rosebud (7-9) 
By: Mary LaFleur Langdon
The Writing of “America the Beautiful” (3-6)
By: Carolyn Mott Ford
Charlie’s Cherry Mystery (3-6)
By: Denice Ryan Martin
Mother’s Hug, Mother’s Kiss (3-6)
By: Beverly Stowe McClure
Amy’s Outside Toy ( 3-6)
By: Emilie Bishop
The Jungle Call (7-9)
By: Helga van Meurs
The “Ghosts” of the Night (7-9)
By: Donna M. McDine
The Haunted Car (3-6)
By: Anne Skalitza
Pepper-Jack Ray, Waldo, and World War Three! (10-12)
By: Gayle Jacobson-Huset
How Many Legs Does a Kangaroo Have? (7-9)
By: Glenys Eskdale
The Big Stink
By: Crystal Crowell, age 11
The Anything Shop (10-12)
By: Dawn Hort
My Mom and Dad Are Locavores (10-12)
By: C. Lee McKenzie
Eva’s Duck (7-9)
By: Lisa Lowe Stauffer
Frog Prince or Toad Prince? (7-9)
By: Jessica R. Freeburg
An Unexpected Gift (7-9)
By: Margaret Fieland
The Sombrero Kid (10-12)
By: Gilda A. Herrera
A Whale of a Mystery (10-12)
By: Paige Ladd
The Ghost House (10-12) 
By: Martha Deeringer
Dinosaurs Tracks in My Backyard! (10-12)
By: VS Grenier
Hi I'm Stanley Bookman. Click on my picture to learn more about me and read my tips. Check out Stories for Children Magazine's Department pages. 
| From The Editor:  Summer is here and with it the joy of adventure. One of my best memories of summer as a kid is going on campouts with my family. My dad loved to find remote places off the road to park our truck and campout. I’m not sure if you can still do that nowadays, but it was loads of fun being out in the middle of nowhere. We had no running water, no bathrooms, and we had to make our own fire pit.
I remember on one such outing it was pitch black out as we drove to the burning desert for yet another campout in nowhere land. My dad had the high beams on so we could see where we were going. I remember thinking we could drive without the lights because there was nothing to hit. No bushes, no trees, no cars, and no one else but us on the dirt road. Suddenly the car swerved and my dad hit the brakes. I could feel the fear crawling up my skin to the hairs at the back of my neck.
“Did you see that, Virginia?” my dad asked.
I had no idea what he was talking about. With wide eyes I looked around. I didn’t see anything but the dried-up road and a few tumbleweeds in the headlights.
“No,” I responded. Not wanting to hear what my dad was going to tell me next, I started to sing one of my favorite children’s songs. Unfortunately that didn’t stop my dad from telling me why he swerved the car.
With a look of panic in his eyes he started the car moving again. Turning to me he said, “Keep your eyes open. We almost hit a werewolf!”
My dad loved to play jokes on me, but I wasn’t sure if he was joking this time. Maybe I’ll never know . . .
All the best,
VS Grenier
Founder & Editor-in-Chief
GOOD NEWS FILE Stories for Children Magazine wishes to honor our contributing authors and illustrators by listing their other accomplishments outside of SFC.
We are proud to offer up this space on our website to tell you about their exciting accomplishments! Bravo and kudos to all of you – we are so happy and excited to be including you in our GOOD NEWS FILE!
~The Editors at SFC Magazine
July 08
Our intrepid Nonfiction Editor, Wendy Dickson, had some terrific news to share. Her second grandchild arrived on June 17th! Kashius James arrived weighing 8 lbs, 6 ozs and was 21 inches long. Wendy had the incredible experience of being in the delivery room when her grandson arrived, and she described it as "the most incredible experience of my life!" Wendy is wasting no time in assuring our magazine of future readers – Granddaughter Senna was born only six months ago! Wohooo! Way to go, Wendy!
Author Jacqueline Jules won a SCBWI 2007 Magazine Merit Award for her poem, "Choosing", in the September/October issue of Cicada. Congratulations, Jacqueline – what an honor! WOHOOOOOO! Way to go!
Author/Illustrator Dawn Phillips just shared the following news with us:
Great News! I've just finished illustrating the following children's books to be released in 2008:
The Belly Button Book by Michelle Falli
Matthew Where Are You? by Barbara Dade
D. Rudy Derek and the Tickle Monster, by Barbara Chertoff Another children's book I've illustrated will be released soon: What If You Give A Child A Letter, By Doris Sweeney. WOW, Dawn, what awesome news! YOU GO GIRL! You've been a very busy lady and we're tickled pink for you! Congratulations!
Author Donna McDine was just notified that her article, "Five Tips for Researching Children's Stories Market Potential" has been accepted for publication by Cross & Quill – the Christian Writers Newsletter. It will appear in hardcopy print within the next 12 months. This is a paying market, so, as you can imagine, Donna is quite thrilled. We are, too. Congratulations, Donna! You are well on your way to more success! WAHOOO!
Donna also found out recently that she will have another publication in a paying market! This girl is on a definite roll! "Fishing Through A Frozen Lake" was accepted at Boys' Quest Magazine and will be published in 2012. This is an example of where persistence pays off – Donna wrote this article from an assignment at ICL, sent it out, received 4 rejections, then tried Boys' Quest after her critique group gave her sage advice on how to make it a more informational article. She also submitted it with two photos. Unfortunately, as with a lot of the bigger magazines, Donna won't get paid until it's published.
Donna jokes that by the time she gets paid for this article, her eldest daughter will be driving by then – pretty scary thought! Congratulations, Donna – GOOD JOB!
Author Angela K. Adams is a new contributor to SFC Magazine. She was notified by Editor VS Grenier on June 9th via email that her story, "Sera T. Fairy's Test Troubles", was accepted and will appear in the SFC's September 08 issue. Angie got so excited that she was getting this story published with us that the next day, she, well … she decided to have her baby! J/K! But, nonetheless, Luke Edward Adams was born on June 10th and weighed in at 8 lbs, 3 ozs. His three sisters are fighting over who gets to hold him the longest. Congratulations, Angie, on everything! What a great job you are doing as an author AND as a mom! WOHOOOO! YOU GO MOMMY!
Author Annie Laura Smith had the following publications:
Learning Through History March/April 08 Edition: "The Uffizi Gallery"
Lifted Magazine Sept 07 Edition: "Strategies for More Efficient Textbook Reading"
Congratulations, Annie! This is terrific news! I hope your publishing streak continues! COWABUNGA! WOHOOOOOO!
Author C. Lee McKenzie had a short story entitled "The Ghostly Double" published in the Spring '08 edition of Crow Toes Quarterly. She also just published her new website at:http://cleemckenziebooks.com You'll have to check it out – it's awesome, just like Lee! Way to go, Lee! Congratulations!
Founder & Editor-in-Chief VS Grenier has been interviewed twice this month. If you'd like to hear the audio interview she did with Suzanne Lieurance on Book Bites For Kids, go to this link:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bookbitesforkids/blog/2008/06/18/Book-Bites-for-Kids-An-Interview-with-a-Childrens-Book-Author
This interview runs approximately 30 minutes.
Author Feng Hutchins of Hawaii also interviewed Founder & Editor-in-Chief VS Grenier on her blog. Here is the link:
http://fenghutchins.blogspot.com
Way to go, Virginia! You are becoming quite the popular editor-about-town! Cowabunga! Wohoooooo! Keep up the great interviews – they really help spread the word about Stories for Children Magazine!
Author Judith Schuster, who has written the terrific Eddie Brewster Adventure Series that I have reviewed, has just been notified that her short story," Trouble On Blueberry Hill", will be published in My Light Magazine's June 2009 edition.
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