Marilyn Sapienza

This rendition of Stone Soup offers up the story in a new way. The story is the same as the original tale, three travelers invented a soup to receive help from greedy towns people, but in this edition the calssic characters are replaced with animals are more updated illustrations. I like that this book uses more current illustration while keeping the story the same. The story offers a great message, treat other as you'd like to be treated or always help those in need, and I think that in show more this case it's important to not stray from it. show less

This version of the traditional fantasy book is about two little pig siblings, Winston and Clara, who had been traveling for three days. They were tired and hungry and saw a village where they hoped to find both food and a soft bed. However, the rich townspeople saw them coming and were afraid the travelers would want their things. So they closed all the stores and hid all the food. So the two little pigs devised a plan to make stone soup, and they tricked the stingy townspeople into show more bringing all the ingredients to add to a pot of boiling rocks.

This is a wonderful story to help children learn the lesson of kindness. I liked reading this different version to my daughter when she was young. She was always so surprised to find out that the soup was made from stones. She even tried to bring in rocks for me to cook!

As an extension, children could make a mock soup by adding word cards with food items on them to a big pot. It would be interesting to see what different things they think goes into a soup. Next, you could have single servings of alphabet soup for each child and see how many different ingredients they could name. On a different note, this story could be used to help children name different ways they could help people in need. They could even bring non-perishable soup items to be donated to the local food bank. show less

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.

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