Description
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.
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.
Caldecott Award Winner
- Author: Marcia Brown
- Hardcover
- Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers (January 1, 1947)
- 48 pages, 10" x 7.6" x 0.4"
- ISBN: 9780684922966
- Reading age: 4 - 8
- Grade level: Preschool to 3rd
