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Stone Soup | 
| Creator: Jon J Muth
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Category: Book
List Price: $16.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 54378
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 9.1 x 0.1
ISBN: 043933909X
Dewey Decimal Number: 398.2
EAN: 9780439339094
ASIN: 043933909X
Publication Date: March 1, 2003
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Product Description
Three strangers, hungry and tired, pass through a war-torn village. Embittered and suspicious from the war, the people hide their food and close their windows tight. That is, until the clever strangers suggest making a soup from stones. Intrigued by the idea, everyone brings what they have until-- together, they have made a feast fit for a king! In this inspiring story about the strength people possess when they work together, Muth takes a simple, beloved tale and adds his own fresh twist.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 Great story for kids February 5, 2007
I agree with much of what the other reviewers have said about the illustrations. The illustrations are beautiful and really add to the experience of reading the story. My kids loved this book and we've read it together a number of times at bedtime. They like the little girl who approaches the monks out of curiousity (one of my daughters noted that the youngest monk looks like the Avatar from the cartoon series). They also contemplated at what point the monks must have removed the stones from the soup.
Amazing book any age February 2, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A book you won't mine reading every night. Great story with great drawings...My 4 year old loves it so do I.
Beautiful! September 9, 2005
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Muth's watercolors are delicate and expressive, and work beautifully in retelling this familiar story. Oh, the wanderers are poor monks, and the setting isn't European, but it's still the same story we all love.
And that's why I chose this book over Muth's other children's books. I've enjoyed his adult artwork, and the paintings in the other kids' books are, if anything, better than the ones here. I just couldn't picture my four-year-old (check the suggested age groups) getting much out of Tolstoy's three existential questions, though. Maybe your kid is a bit more advanced, but Stone Soup seems to be a better match to this pre-schooler's philosophical needs.
//wiredweird
first taste September 2, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The author has introduced multicultural idea. My family and I love it for starters in this respect. Highly recommended.
great book November 10, 2003
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is told differently than the version I read as a child, but it is told very nicely. The pictures are nice as well. Both my 4 year old son and my 11 year old niece love it.
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