Stone Soup

Stone Soup by Marcia Brown First published in 1947, Marcia Brown’s retelling of a French folktale is a picture book classic. Her lively art creates a festival of activity, of dancing and laughter, that young readers will want to experience again and again. Three soldiers come marching down the road towards a French village. The peasants, seeing them coming, suddenly become very busy, for soldiers are often hungry. All their food is hidden under mattresses or in barns. Then follows a battle of wits, with the soldiers equal to the occasion. Why, of course—even with no food, they can still make a wonderful soup! All they will need is three round stones. But to make a truly perfect stone soup, they will of course also need a carrot or two…a cabbage…and so it goes. Size: 10 x 7.6 x 0.2 in Paperback - 48 pages Author: Marcia Brown Ages: 4-8 years Stone Soup is the work of Marcia Brown (1918–2015), one of the most celebrated figures in American children's literature, whose career spanning more than 30 books earned her an unmatched three Caldecott Medals and six Caldecott Honors — including a Honor for Stone Soup itself. A master storyteller and visual chameleon, Brown tailored her artistic medium to each tale she retold, bringing folklore and fairy tales from around the world to life with remarkable range and craft.