Book club 2nd & 3rd grade: Stone Soup (Aladdin Picture Books) by Marcia Brown

Coordinators: Rebekha Hooton & Rachel Leonard

Grades: 2nd & 3rd

Book: Stone Soup (Aladdin Picture Books) by Marcia Brown

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If you’d like to read it/have your child read it but it is not required. And the children will not be required to read aloud during the class. I will read the book to the class and then we will discuss it and do an activity or two.

Book 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.

Activity:  Please have your kids bring their favorite ingredient to make trail mix and we will mix it all up and share it. Please post asking moms to share if their child has any allergies.