Title: Stone Soup
Author: Marcia Brown
Illustrator: Marcia Brown
Publisher: Aladdin
Year: 1947
ISBN: 978-1591127352
Genre: folktale
Topics: sharing, food, cooking, France, cooperation
Age Group: 0-4
Awards: Caldecott Honor (1948), A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book (1948)
Dewey Category: 398.210944
Format: Picture book
Some wandering and hungry soldiers seek a hot meal and a roof over their head. They end up having to fool the selfish people into being selfless, by making up a soup with a stone being its primary ingredient. But a little bit of carrots and onion and this and that are casually mentioned and the townspeople heartily offer their stores in what simmers into a satisfying and merry meal for all.
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