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Stone Soup

Published
Oct 1986
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Fantasy Fantasy
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32

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A clever young man tricks an old woman into believing that soup can be made from a stone. As the pot of water boils with the stone in it, he urges her to add more and more ingredients until the soup is a feast "fit for a king." In print for 30 years.
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Ann McGovern has been writing children's books for over 35 years. She has published over 45 titles including STONE SOUP, several books in the IF YOU LIVED.... series, and SCRAM, KID! (Viking, 1974), which won the Horn Book Award. McGovern spent part of her career at Scholastic, where she created the See-Saw Book Club. McGovern lives in New York City.

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May 1984 Scholastic ISBN 0590016296
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Jul 1985 Scholastic ISBN 0590338188
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Sep 1986 Scholastic ISBN 0590402986
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Oct 1986 Scholastic ISBN 0590416022
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Sep 1986 Turtleback Books ISBN 0833519379
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Sep 1986 Scholastic ISBN 0590405268
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