In honor of The Blake School’s Literary Festival 2025
Blake School Literary Festival’s Zine 3rd Edition
Each year, Blake welcomes a guest author or illustrator to campus for the Literacy Festival. This year we were lucky to have fifth grade teacher, Kamie Page, and her dad, Justice Alan Page, visit. They have written their fifth book together titled
Cooking up Love.
This Zine honors all things literary in celebration of Literacy Festival. We hope you enjoy reading!
This zine was curated and formatted by Blake middle schooll’s Literary Magazine Clib..
Thank you to all who submitted creative works and took the courage to contribute.
Table of Contents
Page 5 - Chloe Wang (4th)
Page 6 - Mia Wang (1st)
Page 7 - Margaret Parke (2nd)
Page 8 - Ellie Parker (2nd)
Page 9 - Thomas Warner (3rd)
Page 10 - Cassini Parrington (5th)
Page 11- Sophia Lowell (PreK)
Page 12 - Viola Loven (3rd)
Page 13 -Nora VanBergen (3rd)
Page 14 - Maddie Folk and Hazel Xiong (3rd)
Page 15 - Elle Gage (3rd)
Page 16 -Julia Houston (5th)
Page 17 -Eliada Gardner (3rd)
Page 18 -Roshni Kulenkamp (1st)
Page 19 - Callie Porwoll (PreK)
Page 20- Stella Doar (4th)
Page 20- Steven Ruzicka (4th)
Page 21- Eloise Lang (1st)
Page 22- Sophia Siddiqui (3rd)
Page 23- Ella Blum (PreK)
Page 24- Willa Buchanan (3rd)
Page 25- Pepin Gihring (4th)
Page 26- Sammy Feder (K)
Table of Contents (cont.)
Page 27- Charlotte Schmitt (3rd)
Page 28- Joey Feriancek (PreK)
Page 29- Adrian Yung (1st)
Page 30- Adelaide Gardner (4th)
Page 31- Sylvie Schildcrout (2nd)
Page 32- Chalotte Han) & Tabitha Walvig (4th)
Page 33- Kensington Gardner (1st)
Page 34- Rita Ruzicka (1st)
Page 35- Mihika Sen (1st)
Page 36- Henry Weil (3rd)
Page 37- Pascale Partington (1st)
Page 38-Lillian Phelan (1st)
Page 39-Eleanor Seme (4th)
Page 40-42- Julius Gerber (2nd)
Page 43- Eliada (3rd)
Pge 44- Ciella Nyhus and Emma Thurk (4th)
Page 45-Naomi Horowitz, Evy Hackler, Ella Walz (4th)
Page 46- Julian Vessey, Nicholas Wen, and Teddy Micsky (4th)
Page 47-48-Atticus Nannen, Sage Krumm, Ben Bakman (4th)
Page 49-51- Charlotte Hutchinson and Ellie Carlsen (4th
Page 55- Cavan Mairose (4th)
Page 56- Audrey Wu (K)
by: Chloe Wang (3rd)
by: Mia Wang (1st)
by: Margaret Parke (2nd)
by: Ellie Tucker (2nd)
City Street (bird’s eye view)
by: Thomas Warner (3rd)
Coke Bottle
by: Cassini Parrington (5th)
by: Sophia Lowell (PreK)
Calm
The Medieval Castle
by: Viola Loven (3rd)
by: Nora VanBergen (3rd)
by:
Snow Owl
Maddie Folk and Hazel Xiong (3rd)
by: Elle Gage (3rd)
by: Julia Houston
Summer Bouquet
(5th)
by: Eliada Gardner (3rd)
Colorful Fish
by: Roshni Kulenkamp (1st)
Unicorn
Playground
by: Callie Porwoll (PreK)
A City
by: Stella Doar (4th)
A city is my home, From the bright light at night to the buzz under the sun. A city is my home you never know it will take you from, The busy streets to the bright nights, A city is my home and you can’t change that.
Math Process
by: Steven Ruzicka (4th)
fun and exciting. frustrating. deep breath. wonder. think. believe. begin.
Cute Hot Chocolate
by; Eloise Lang (1st)
Anime Careers
by; Sophia Siddiqui (3rd)
A Parrot Family
by: Ella Blum (PreK)
Earrings
by: Willa Buchanan (3rd)
She was gonna put bbq sauce on my ear. “bbq sauce?” I ask. “Well not actual bbq sauce, but we call it that because it looks like bbq sauce.” Hannah replies. She puts the barbeque sauce on my ear after putting purple“Yeah yeah I know, it’ll hurrrrrttttt!” I say to mommy, as mama walks away from me to check in at the front desk. I can't believe I'm getting my ears pierced, I've been wanting to do this for a whole year now! I’m sitting in the waiting room, with my body shaking, while my 6 year old self is questioning their entire life, “Do I really want to do this?” I ask myself in my mind. “I…don’t, it’ll hurt” I tell myself, but it’s too late, they’re calling my name… “Willa Buchanan?” Hannah says. I walk in the piercing room.
My piercing lady says “Hi, I’m Hannah, and I’ll be piercing your ears today.” I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw her million tattoos and piercings. It made me kinda scared, until I heard her calming voice as she handed me a stuffed animal. She told me dots on my ear so she knows where to pierce my ears. She counts to 3 as I squeeze my parents hands and…!
OWWW!!!!!!! The needle goes through my ear, but it’s all done! That hurt so much, I look in the mirror while still crying until I realise there’s only one earring in my ear… I need to do this again!? I lay back down in the piercing chair…but she doesn't count this time… the second I lay down there isn't time to squeeze anything, not even the stuffed animal. She slides the needle in so quickly I barely even felt it.
This time when I stand up I'm barely even crying, my earrings are so cute! I tell myself, “I love them!” I said, still slightly crying. “Did it hurt?” mama asked me and mommy, the only people in our family who have our ears pierced. “Not rea-” mommy tries to say, but I interrupt her, “Yes!!!” zaps out of my mouth, “Well, it really hurts when the needle is going through and in my ear, but after it's all done for like 3, 5 minutes,
It doesn't really hurt anymore” I say slowly, tiring my parents. “Hey mMmoOoMmMmMmYyY, your earrings are so bBbOoOrRrIiINnNgGg, they’re just bBbOoOrRrIiInNnGgG grey dots, you should’ve gotten cute holographic paw prints like me.” I would say to my mom. Mama goes to the front desk “Willa Buchanan checking out” says mama. They hand me a sticker, and some saline. The people at the front desk say “tak3 a paper towel and put saline on the paper towel then put it on your ear-lobe twice a day, every day. My stomach twists, stressing. as my 2 year old part of my 6 year old self's brain kicks in, thinking i have to put saline on my ears for the rest of my life. “FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!?!?!??!?!??!” I yell loudly to the front desk clerks. “W-we might leave now!” Mommy says embarrassed, to me and the front desk clerks. Mommy and mama grab my hand and walk out of the door to the car. Mommy buckles me in, shuts the door behind her slightly lecturing me about my yelling and drives far far away to our house. “Hey Willa, how do you like your…earrings?”
END!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by: Pepin Gihring (4th)
At the playground with my Little Brother Andrew
by: Sammy Feder (K)
“Spring” and “Fall Girl”
by: Charlotte Schmitt (3rd)
Bug’s Life
by: Joey Feriancek (PreK)
Rainbow Kirby
by: Adrian Yung (1st)
CAMP WIDJIWAGAN ��
by: Adelaide Gardner (4th)
Bean Bag Chair
by: Sylvie Schildcrout (2nd)
Willow Tree
by: Charlotte Han (writer) & Tabitha Walvig (illustrator)
(5th)
Popsicle Throne
by: Kensington Gardner (1st)
First Grade Me
by: Rita Ruzicka (1st)
Summer
by: Mihika Sen (1st)
The Warriors
by: Henry Weil (3rd)
Curious Cat Drinking
by: Pascale Partington (1st)
The Ocean Sunset
by: Lillian Phelan (1st)
Summer Bird
by: Eleanor Seme (4th)
Story
by: Julius Gerber (2nd)
Things to do if You Are the Rain
by: Eliada Gardner (3rd)
Make the world a better place
Be calming and peaceful
Cover the sidewalk with Your special blanket
Shade the dirty windows
Soak into the World of fluffy grass
Make the trees burst with energy
Bloom the flowers
Cover The world with silence
Make the world smell calm
Create your favorite puddles
A Day in the Garden
by: Ciella Nyhus and Emma Thurk (4th)
Guess the Singer
by: Naomi Horowitz, Evy Hackler, Ella Walz (4th)
by: Julian Vessey, Nicholas Wen, and Teddy Micsky
(4th)
The Kirby, Mike, and Spike Book
Banana Wars
by: Atticus Nannen, Sage Krumm, Ben Bakman (4th)
My Cat is in the Bathtub
by: Charlotte Hutchinson and Ellie Carlsen (4th)
by: Cavan Mairose
Mushroom Farmer’s Sunny Harvest
Dog Man on a Walk
by: Audrey Ren (K)
