Milo and the Magical Stones

I absolutely loved this book for many reasons. First of all, this book is written by the author of The Rainbow Fish and has the same shiny illustrations. The magical stones glow and sparkle in the book. Another reason I really enjoyed this book was the choice of two endings. The author gave readers a choice of a happy ending or a sad ending. Both endings carry messages that are important for children to learn. The happy ending shows that giving something back after taking something will bring happiness. However, if greed takes over and people take and take without giving back, bad things will happen to them. In the end, this book teaches children how to share and not be greedy.

A cute fictional story about a group of mice that live on an island. One day one of the mice find a golden rock that seems to make life a little better, and the mouse decides to keep the golden rock. An elder warns the young mouse that if he takes from the island he must be respectful and provide the island with something in exchange for the golden rock.

The unique structure of the book provides two endings, a good and bad ending. The good ending concludes with the young mouse giving the island a rock of appreciation. The bad ending results in the mice giving in to greed and temptation and eventually destroying the island by excavating for more golden rock.

I think this book provides a wonderful moral, an abstract concept that is hard show more to teach children: greed and temptation. This story is told through animals which will allow younger readers to be engaged with the characters. I feel as though this book does a wonderful job teaching the consequences of greed, because of the two endings. It allows children to observe the positive and negative outcomes of the characters' decisions. show less

This cute story is great for teaching young children the value of generosity by comparing the "happy" or "sad" ending of the story. It's beautiful illustrations show the shiny gold stone in a unique way that is great for teaching children how authors use art to paint their story. it can be used in a writer's workshop to show students different ways to write their closure.

The first time I saw this book read in class I fell in love with it. It has a wonderful lesson on what happens to people (or mice, rather) who want to keep things for themselves. I will be using this book for my final lesson in class to teach plot and theme. It has a section in it where you can choose how the book will end. I can't wait to see how they react to that!

This imaginative story, and its beautiful illustrations are sure to captive most students. I love the choice of endings, and I would use this to teach about story endings.

This book was very delightful to read. Halfway through the book it spllits into 2 parts. The reader gets to decide if they want a happy ending or a sad ending. I for one liked the sad ending better because it taught a lesson about greediness. I would love to have this book in my classroom. It relates to science because it is about mice that live on an island that go digging for stones.

The reader gets to decide if they want a happy ending or a sad ending. I for one liked the sad ending better because it taught a lesson about greediness. I would love to have this book in my classroom. It relates to science because it is about mice that live on an island that go digging for stones