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Stone Soup by Marcia Brown
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Stone Soup

by Marcia Brown

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really long book
it would good for older grades
teaches students about sharing
abmcenerney | Mar 14, 2009 |  
This traditional fantasy comes in many versions, but all deal with visitors to a war torn village. The villagers learn the lessons of trust and sharing from the visitors as a delicious soup is created from a stone and various offerings from the villagers.

Excellent story that teaches cooperation. Have read it to many children and they all seem intrigued by the "stone" soup lesson.

In my classroom, we could actually create our own "stone soup" by having the children bring to class some of the vegetables that go into the pot. This would show them that sharing and working together can have a wonderful and delicious outcome.
ascott68 | Feb 8, 2009 |  
Three soldiers enter a famished villiage, hungry themselves and in search of food. The villiage has nothing to offer them. The three optimistic soldiers then set out to make stone soup. Every body joins in, bringing what they have to offer, and they once barren soup then becomes a feast for all. All the villiagers come to the table bearing their hearts and appetites, hailing the soldiers for their pragmaticism and optimal creativity. They offer them the three best beds in the whole villiage for the remainder of their stay. This is a great story, and I remember reading as a story. It gives the message that even in one's greatest hunger, there is always an optimism to be found. The artwork, although almost colorless, and primitive, synchronizes with the feeling of the book perfectly. ( )
cbruiz | Dec 9, 2008 |  
Teaches about sharing with others. After reading the book the class could make their own "stone" soup.
ccondra | Sep 23, 2008 |  
This book is about three soldiers who have been fighting a war. They were very hungry and tired. They ended up in a village and tried to find someone who will feed them and also let them stay the night. All of the villagers said no, so the soldiers had a plan to make stone soup, and invited the villagers to share the soup. They ended up getting places to sleep for the night.

I read this book twice and I enjoyed it. I felt this story would help teach children to share.

I feel the childern would enjoy the story. They can gather different thing and make a stone soup of their own.
S1BRNSUGAR | Feb 21, 2008 |  
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First published in 1947, this picture book classic has remained one of Marcia Brown's most popular and enduring books. This story, about three hungry soldiers who outwit the greedy inhabitants of a village into providing them with a feast, is based on an old French tale.

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