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Stone soup : an old tale / told and pictured by Marcia Brown.

Brown, Marcia, (author,, illustrator.). Charles Scribner's Sons, (publisher.).

Summary:

When three hungry soldiers come to a town where all the food has been hidden, they set out to make soup of water and stones, and all the town enjoys a feast.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0684922967
  • ISBN: 0805006621
  • ISBN: 9780684922966
  • ISBN: 9780805006629
  • Physical Description: 48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, [1947]

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General Note:
Art techniques used: Black, grey and red illustrations in ink and watercolor.
Marcia Brown (b. 1918-2015) was an American writer and illustrator who wrote a number of children's books. She received a number of awards for her work, including several Caldecott Medal honors and the American Library Association's Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, and her work has been translated into many different languages. She is known as one of the most honored illustrators in children's literature. [Information sourced from Wikipedia.org.]
Target Audience Note:
AD550L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.3 0.5 5491.
Accelerated Reader 3.3 0.5.
Reading Counts 3.2 2.0.
Awards Note:
Caldecott Honor Book, 1948
Subject: Folklore > France.
Hunger > Juvenile fiction.
Sharing > Juvenile fiction.
Soldiers > Juvenile fiction.
Soups > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Children's literature.

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  • 41 of 48 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 0 of 3 copies available at Carteret County Public Library.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Beaufort Main E 398.21 BROWN (Text) 34208900048876 Easy Nonfiction Checked out 05/10/2025
Newport E 398.21 BROWN (Text) 34208900048884 Easy Nonfiction Checked out 05/12/2025
Western Carteret E 398.21 BROWN (Text) 34208900048892 Easy Nonfiction Checked out 05/17/2025

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