Stone Soup

Genre: I would say this is a modern fantasy book because it could not happen in real life. Pigs, dogs, bears, and chickens are not a part of a village that all run businesses nor can they actually combine vegetables and meat and stones to make soup. Also, stones would not be edible in real life.

The media that is used in this book looks like watercolor and perhaps some ink for outlining. The illustrations are humorous and not too realistic in the detailed sense. They give the general idea of what the animals look like but they wouldn't be good references for a project. The pictures do, however, go along with the story very well. ( )

This fantasy book is one of my favorites! It's a fantasy because all of the characters are animals, and animals cannot really talk. Two pigs come to a village where everyone is rude and end up bringing everyone together and softening their hearts. The main characters are siblings: Max and Molly, and we read their interactions with the characters, as the author/narrator tells the story. Media: Watercolors

This is a very cute book about two pigs that trick other animals into sharing food by making stone soup! ( )

We all know the Stone Soup story, and its moral.

This one is a bit heavy-handed. The villagers are stingy for no other reason than simply because they are pathologically afraid of sharing, and once won over with the soup they quickly pile on more food to make a feast.

Too simplistically told, in my view. Get another edition. ( )