Review by Booklist Review
Ages 4^-8. Brown's version of the old tale about the soldiers who trick villagers who had denied them food into providing all the ingredients--except the stones--for soup fit for a king is simply told and illustrated with colorful action pictures that carry the story's flavor and underlying humor.
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
This old French tale about soldiers who trick miserly villages into making them a feast won a Caldecott Medal when Brown retold and illustrated it in 1947. (4-7) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Review by Horn Book Review
In return for teaching some peasants how to make a delicious soup from stones, three soldiers enjoy a generous feast, a night of dancing, and the best beds in town -- what a bargain. Likewise, this inexpensive edition of Marcia Brown's 1948 Caldecott Honor Book is a real deal: not only do young listeners get a classic tale masterfully told and illustrated but they get to feel smarter than a whole village. jennifer m. brabander (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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