He has also created a version of the Stone soup fable set in China.more Combine Editions Jon J. He received a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators for his illustrations in Come On, Rain by Karen Hesse. This would also be a good way to talk about the culture of China.Īfter: Students will each bring in one ingredient to make “stone” trail mix, teacher will provide the stone that has already been sanitized. Muth has gone on to an award-winning career as a children's book writer and illustrator. I particularly enjoyed his decision to paint the little girl in yellow, a color for royalty, to show her importance in this book. They explain some of the decisions that Muth made. One of my favorite parts of this adaptation are the author’s notes at the end of the book. Either way the story would be wonderful for a read aloud, a characteristic of a high quality literature. This version of the story is told using human monks but I would still consider it a fable because of the moral/universal that it teaches. Many times this story is a fable because it teaches a wonderful lesson that through sharing everyone becomes richer and the main characters are animals.
The idea behind the soup is that everybody adds something and by putting together resources everybody gets a wonderful meal. A young girl curious in the monks asks them what they are doing and borrows her mother’s big pot to help the monks. When they get to the village none welcomes them and the monks decide that they should make stone soup. Three monks are traveling around China when they happen on a village that had experienced many hard times. The classic tale of stone soup set in China. Genre: Traditional Literature Level: Beginner Number of pages: 30 Pub. Title: Stone Soup Author: Jon J Muth Illustrator: Jon J Muth Publisher: New York Scholastic Press
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