Tony Bonning

I loved this book. A tired and hungry fox passes by a farm and asks the animals if they can give him anything to eat.None of the animals want to give him food. The fox is clever and so he pulls a pot out of his backpack and asks for some water. He picks a rock, sniffs it and tells the animals he is making Stone Soup.All the animals curious gather around the pot. the fox tries the stone soup but something is missing... the animals one by one start bringing him turnips, salt, corn and different things to add to the soup without realizing this was the fox's intention. At this point, I thought the fox was going to throw the animals in the soup and eat them, but he didn't. The result is a delicious vegetable soup."And all from a stone" says the dog.
Although none of the animals realized they had all pitched in the making of the soup, children will see a message of sharing. the fox shared the soup with all the animals and promised to make more next time he comes to the farm.… (mais)

This book is about a fox who wants to eat with the other animals. The other animals, like Cow, Donkey, and many others, did not want to share their food with Fox. The animals were not being very nice to Fox, which made him very sad. He then tried to ask for water to make some soup. The only animal that would help Fox was Sheep, who was slightly kinder than the other animals. The other animals see this and they help Fox by adding more ingredients to make the stone soup just right.
I really enjoyed this book because despite the others animals not being nice to Fox, he found one that had no problem helping him. I interpreted the animals that were not very nice as the bad guys or "antagonists" of the story. They were not very nice at first, but soon came around and helped Fox. The sheep I interpreted as the good guy, or the "protagonist" of the story. This story also teaches the kids a lesson that you should always try and help out those in need, like the sheep did for the fox.… (mais)