Jealousy by MichaelBrack

The Great Discovery by duttonart

Sitting Pretty by yumiyumi

I feel like these owls sometimes. When everyone looks as cool as me, how will I ever stand out enough to get noticed? Maybe I should flap my wings a bit.

Tree Swing by ashleyg

For the last 8 years that I lived in Florida I noticed a saddening trend: the swing sets in public playgrounds were slowly disappearing, being removed for reasons unknown.

Illustration by Scott Teplin

When I grow up I’m going to build my dream house. It’s going to have:

• a large and small trampoline
• a large and small pool
• a large and small hot tub
• a pillow-fighting room
• a hallway divided by several big heavy doors (just for fun!)
• a casket and viewing room in preparation for my untimely death
• a stage for my magic shows