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Age Range
4 - 7
Genre
folktales & fairy tales
Copyright Year
1986-09-01
Page Count
32
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Grade Level
Pre-K - 2nd
ISBN
9780590416023
Lexile
480
Themes
food
tricksters

Stone Soup

Written by Ann McGovern and Illustrated by Winslow Pinney Pels

A clever young man tricks an old woman into believing that soup can be made from a stone. As the pot of water boils with the stone in it, he urges her to add more and more ingredients until the soup is a feast "fit for a king." 

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Age Range
4 - 7
Genre
folktales & fairy tales
Copyright Year
1986-09-01
Page Count
32
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Grade Level
Pre-K - 2nd
ISBN
9780590416023
Lexile
480
Themes
food
tricksters
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