Stone Soup
Product ID: 10351953
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From the Publisher A popular European folktale that has been told and retold for centuries. In the French version, the travelers are cast as soldiers and the townspeople are fearful of being generous because of the ravages of war. In Sweden, the story features a tramp who teaches a stingy old woman generosity by using a nail to start a sumptuous nail broth. In the Russian version, an axe serves as the soup starter. Everywhere the tale is told, the plot ends with the optimistic realization that when each person makes a small contribution, the collective impact can be huge. In Heather Forest’s contemporary version, two travelers make there way to an unidentified mountaintop village. Searching for food, the travelers knock on the villagers’ doors, only to be spurned with suspicious looks. The travelers decide to gather everyone with their magic soup. In this version, the soup starter is a stone. Eventually, the travelers convince the villagers to contribute to the soup. One child offers a carrot, one man suggests a potato, and eventually the entire crowd offers up their own ingredients. Thus, the magic of stone soup (or nail soup, or ax soup) is that it brings people together and encourages generosity. This book also includes a recipe with ingredients and instructions that young readers can participate in to make their very own version of stone soup. The instructions begin, Set a time and place when friends can gather to cook together. Each friend brings some vegetable to contribute to the soup. While the soup is cooking, sing songs and tell stories. When the soup is down, break the bread so that everyone has a piece. The recipe is easy and can be made at home or in the classroom. Heather Forest often sings her stories before putting them on paper. That technique is evident in Stone Soup with catchy rhyme schemes and melodic dialogue. In addition, Susan Gaber’s illustrations add flavor and color to this musical story. Stone Soup has also received a number of awards including the Parents’ Choice Award and Bank Street College: Best Children’s Book of the Year among others. Review: Wonderful - Read this book to my kids when they were little and we made stone soup together now reading it to my grandbabies and making stone soup with them perfect grandma grandkid activity, and beautiful story Review: Well written for all - I really like this book. It’s such a good lesson on sharing. Travelers to a little town somewhere in your imagination. The artwork is really nice, big colorful pictures especially for the little ones. I highly recommend this book.
| Best Sellers Rank | #142,507 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #58 in Mythology & Folklore Encyclopedias #111 in Children's Multicultural Tales & Myths #6,623 in Children's Literature (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 430 Reviews |
T**Y
Wonderful
Read this book to my kids when they were little and we made stone soup together now reading it to my grandbabies and making stone soup with them perfect grandma grandkid activity, and beautiful story
A**.
Well written for all
I really like this book. It’s such a good lesson on sharing. Travelers to a little town somewhere in your imagination. The artwork is really nice, big colorful pictures especially for the little ones. I highly recommend this book.
A**R
Quality Book, Wonderful Story
There are several versions of this story, I like this book and illustrations the best. It is the story of people working together and how a wonderful soup is made with a "magic stone", due to the fact that all the people in the town contribute just one vegetable each to improve the flavor. I got to know this story because a teacher at my children's elementary school entered a contest put on by Paul Newman's food company for best recipe using one of his products - won $10,000 for items for the school!! RECIPE: Boil a small stone in 2 cups of water for 5 minutes to kill the germs. In an 8 quart soup pot, put the stone, 2 lbs. beef stew meat, 10-11 cups water, 1 large chopped onion, 4 tsp. salt and 1 tsp. pepper, simmer on low for two hours. Add 26 oz. jar Newman's Own "Sockarooni" Spaghetti Sauce, 4 sliced carrots, 3 sliced celery stocks, 10 small red potatoes cut in chunks, 1 small pkg frozen Italian green beans, and 1/2 cup uncooked ABC pasta. Simmer until done. Serve with warm bread and butter. Makes 12 servings.
M**N
Great book!
I wanted to use this version of Stone Soup in a lesson that I did with my 2nd and 3rd grade music students. I needed it sooner rather than later and opted to purchase the digital version instead of the paper version like I normally would have in my music classroom. I loved using the digital book to be honest! I'd never done that before but the kids could easily see the words and pictures no matter where they were in my room. Great story, great illustrations!
M**.
Love this book
I purchased the book for my grandchild. I enjoyed reading the story to my children when they were young and love the new look of the book even more for my grandchild.
C**R
Stone soup story
I was attracted to this book because I thought this book had a black main character. I like to read different versions of Stone soup to my students. However, as I looked through the pages, the guy on the front cover only looks that complexion on the cover. Still a good story.
R**A
As Good As It Ever Was
I bought this book for my young great niece for Christmas. This is a classic tale that, surprisingly, I read when I was in elementary school. The theme of the importance of sharing that the book is about remains relevant to this day. I wanted to share a classic story with my niece and Heather Forest' update of this classic was perfect. The illustrations are beautiful and I can't imagine any child or parent who would not love this book.
D**E
Delivery time. Great book
Loved sharing this book with our youth and young adults.
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