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Stone Soup
Contributor(s): Brown, Marcia (Author), Brown, Marcia (Illustrator)

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ISBN: 0684922967     ISBN-13: 9780684922966
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 1947
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Annotation: Three soldiers came marching down the road towards a French village. The peasants seeing them coming, suddenly became very busy, for soldiers are often hungry. So all the food was hidden under mattresses or in barns. There followed a battle of wits, with the soldiers equal to the occasion. Stone soup? Why, of course, they could make a wonderful soup of stones...but, of course, one must add a carrot or tow...some meat...so it went.

Marcia Brown has made of this old tale a very gay book, a carnival of activity, of dancing and laughter. So much goes on in the pictures that children who have once heard the story will turn to them again and again, retelling the story for themselves.

A French version of the story is available under the title "Une Drole de Soupe."

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - Country & Ethnic - General
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Europe
- Juvenile Fiction | Classics
Dewey: 398.210
LCCN: 2002003776
Age Level: 4-7
Grade Level: PreK-2
Lexile Measure: 550 AD (Adult Directed Text)
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 7.9" W x 10.4" L (0.80 lbs) 48 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - French
Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product
Awards: Caldecott Medal, Honor Book, Picture Book, 1948
Review Citations: Booklist 06/01/1996 pg. 1726
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 5491
Reading Level: 3.3   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
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Three soldiers came marching down the road towards a French village. The peasants seeing them coming, suddenly became very busy, for soldiers are often hungry. So all the food was hidden under mattresses or in barns. There followed a battle of wits, with the soldiers equal to the occasion. Stone soup? Why, of course, they could make a wonderful soup of stones...but, of course, one must add a carrot or tow...some meat...so it went.
Marcia Brown has made of this old tale a very gay book, a carnival of activity, of dancing and laughter. So much goes on in the pictures that children who have once heard the story will turn to them again and again, retelling the story for themselves.
A French version of the story is available under the title Une Dr le de Soupe.

Contributor Bio(s): Brown, Marcia: - Marcia Brown, one of the most honored illustrators in children's literature, is a three-time Caldecott Medalist and six-time Caldecott Honor illustrator, as well as winner of the Children's Literature Legacy Award (formerly known as the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award) for the body of her work. She lives in Laguna Hills, California.Brown, Marcia: - Marcia Brown, one of the most honored illustrators in children's literature, is a three-time Caldecott Medalist and six-time Caldecott Honor illustrator, as well as winner of the Children's Literature Legacy Award (formerly known as the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award) for the body of her work. She lives in Laguna Hills, California.
 
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