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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 398.2
EAN num: 9780439339094
ISBN number: 043933909X
Label: Scholastic Press
Manufacturer: Scholastic Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 32
Printing Date: March 01, 2003
Publishing house: Scholastic Press
Age index: Baby-Preschool
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Three strangers, hungry and tired, pass through a war-torn village. Embittered and suspicious from the war, the people hide their food and close their windows tight. That is, until the clever strangers suggest making a soup from stones. Intrigued by the idea, everyone brings what they have until-- together, they have made a feast fit for a king! In this inspiring story about the strength people possess when they work together, Muth takes a simple, beloved tale and adds his own fresh twist.
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Three monks approach a town that has grown isolated from neighbors and community. They decide to teach the town "happiness" by making stone soup. Each community member brought an ingredient and with everyone's contribution, they made stone soup and had a celebration.
This book is near and dear to me because I used it as a community building exercise when I was teaching elementary. I believe it shows how everyone contributes their own talents to make a better whole.
In the classroom, I would invite students to each bring one ingredient for our own stone soup. We might also create a list of "classroom experts" to show what each child's gifts and talents are.
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I agree with much of what the other reviewers have said about the illustrations. The illustrations are beautiful and really add to the experience of reading the story. My kids loved this book and we've read it together a number of times at bedtime. They like the little girl who approaches the monks out of curiousity (one of my daughters noted that the youngest monk looks like the Avatar from the cartoon series). They also contemplated at what point the monks must have removed the stones from the soup.
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A book you won't mine reading every night. Great story with great drawings...My 4 year old loves it so do I.
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Muth's watercolors are delicate and expressive, and work beautifully in retelling this familiar story. Oh, the wanderers are poor monks, and the setting isn't European, but it's still the same story we all love.
And that's why I chose this book over Muth's other children's books. I've enjoyed his adult artwork, and the paintings in the other kids' books are, if anything, better than the ones here. I just couldn't picture my four-year-old (check the suggested age groups) getting much out of Tolstoy's three existential questions, though. Maybe your kid is a bit more advanced, but Stone Soup seems to be a better match to this pre-schooler's philosophical needs.
//wiredweird
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The author has introduced multicultural idea. My family and I love it for starters in this respect. Highly recommended.
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