Stone Soup: An Old Tale Explained

Stone Soup: An Old Tale
Author:	Marcia Brown
Illustrator:	Marcia Brown
Country:	United States
Genre:	Children's picture book
Publisher:	Scribner Press
Release Date:	1947

Stone Soup: An Old Tale is a 1947 picture book written and illustrated by Marcia Brown and published by Charles Scribner's Sons.^[1] It is a retelling of the Stone Soup folk tale. Three soldiers make a soup using water and stones. Each villager contributes an ingredient to the soup, creating a feast.^[2] The book was a recipient of a 1948 Caldecott Honor for its illustrations.^[3]

Adaptations

Weston Woods produced a cartoon of this book in 1992, narrated by Rex Robbins.

Notes and References

1. Web site: STONE SOUP. An Old Tale. Told and Pictured by Marcia Brown. Unpaged. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. $2. . The New York Times . 2 May 2021 . 9 November 1947.
2. Book: Brown . Marcia . Stone soup: an old tale . WorldCat . 2 May 2021 . English . 1947. 176686 .
3. Web site: Caldecott Medal & Honor Books, 1938-Present . ALA-American Library Association . 2 May 2021.