HOWL by Edgar, age 11

3...2...1...? By Daniel, age 10

FOUR THOUSAND STEPS by Misu, age 8

LUCKY NUMBER SEVEN By Sosorbaram, age 10

I AM FIVE By Binh, age 9

SCIENCE, MAGIC & A DREAM: A SURGERY STORY by Nam, age 8

THE FIRST TIME I SAW HER By Tran, Helen, Jessica C. & Anna L.

She was sitting on her preschool cot,

sobbing.

It was like the time I went to the

Hello Kitty store in Japantown

and picked up a stuffed

bunny and petted its soft ears,

lulling myself into

wonderland.

And like when I grabbed all those

puffy stickers,

the glittery musical notes,

hearts,

stars,

pink,

silver,

blue,

all of that shimmer in between

my fingers,

peeling the shapes off of the

slippery plastic

and sticking them on my wall

and Mom saying,

the landlord will be mad

but

who

cares?