Marcia Brown
1) Stone Soup
Author
Language
English
Description
Three clever soldiers devise a plan to get food and lodging from the selfish inhabitants of a French village during the time of Napoleon.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1989], c1947.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
When three hungry soldiers come to a town where all the food has been hidden, they set out to make soup of water and stones, and all the town enjoys a feast.
6) Shadow
Author
Publisher
Scribner's
Pub. Date
c1982
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[40] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Free verse evocation of the eerie, shifting images of Shadow which represents the beliefs and ghosts of the past and is brought to life wherever there is light, fire, and a storyteller.