Adding to the usual mix of fiction and poetry, Seasons Change but Chocolate Stays All Year also contains a mix of comics and even a play to be performed using cat pens. Starting strong with a group poem on the four seasons, the collection soon moves into spooky stories and a five-part graphic novel. Read about vampires, love, kittens, ghosts, and the mythical chicken nugget monster.

— Simon Traub-Epstein, International Library of Young Authors

From the publisher: “This book is a celebration of ‘taking the yes,’ which is a motto of 916 Ink students. ‘Taking the yes’ means that students are unafraid to collaborate with each other and themselves. It might sound weird-how does one ‘collaborate’ with his or her own self? By shutting down the inner critics in our head that tell us that we aren't good enough, our stories don't matter, or what we might say is stupid or unnecessary. Stories are how we create meaning and make sense of the world. What's better than to teach young people how to tell stories, create meaning out of their lives, and understand the world?”