Stone Soup: An Old Tale

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Stone Soup: An Old Tale
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AuthorMarcia Brown
IllustratorMarcia Brown
Genre Children's picture book
Publisher Scribner Press
Publication date
1947
Publication place United States

Stone Soup: An Old Tale is a 1947 picture book written and illustrated by Marcia Brown and published by Charles Scribner's Sons. [1] It is a retelling of the Stone Soup folk tale. Three soldiers make a soup using water and stones. Each villager contributes an ingredient to the soup, creating a feast. [2] The book was a recipient of a 1948 Caldecott Honor for its illustrations. [3]

Adaptations

Weston Woods produced a cartoon of this book in 1992, narrated by Rex Robbins.

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References

  1. "STONE SOUP. An Old Tale. Told and Pictured by Marcia Brown. Unpaged. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. $2". The New York Times. 9 November 1947. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  2. Brown, Marcia (1947). Stone soup: an old tale. OCLC   176686 . Retrieved 2 May 2021 via WorldCat.
  3. "Caldecott Medal & Honor Books, 1938-Present". ALA-American Library Association. Retrieved 2 May 2021.