Stone Soup Author:Ann McGovern, Winslow Pinney Pels (Illustrator) 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."
This book is a great piece of literature for early-childhood education. It can be read to a small child with the intention of teaching lessons on sharing and nutrition and cooking.