Title: Stone Soup: A Tale of Cooperation
Author: Mary Rowitz
In Stone Soup, a lonely traveler comes to a village and goes to each of the houses asking for some food to spare because he is very hungry, but everyone turns him away. He leaves the village and comes up with an idea to get the village together as well as have a great meal. He runs into the village saying he can make soup from a "magical" stone. At first the villagers are skeptical, but he tricks each of them into contributing something so they get excited and turn the stone soup into a big, fun event.
This is a great story about sharing and working together to create something wonderful. It teaches children that no matter how little you have, you can still contribute something, and when it is put together with someone else’s contribution, it can be greater than each of them. This version uses animals as the main characters and bright, fun colors. The pictures match the text on the page so children reading it can easily follow the story line. It also has a little reflection at the end of the story on cooperation and how it makes difficult tasks easier.
Publisher: Publications International Ltd.
Copyright: 1996
ISBN: 0785378812
Monica’s Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
What a great moral to this story! Preschool teachers love to use this story as a lead into making stone soup as a class activity.
ReplyDeleteThis book has been a memory of mine since preschool. I remember reading it and loving the story.
ReplyDeleteive heard alot about this story, it sounds like a good read!
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