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Cactus Soup

10+ retellings of the classic story, "Stone Soup". The stories are either set in unique place, told from a new point of view or have some kind of fun twist. #indyplkids

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  • During the Mexican Revolution, when a troop of hungry soldiers comes to a town where all the food has been hidden, they charm the townspeople into helping make a soup from water and a cactus thorn.
    Book, 2004New York : Marshall Cavendish, [2004] — SHARED SYSTEM
  • When a crew of Chinese fishermen forget to bring cooking utensils with them, they find creative ways to make do with what they have and what they can find.
    Book, 2007New York, N.Y. : Dutton Children's Books, [2007] — J 398.2 COM
  • What do you get when you combine young gardeners, their tasty vegetables and a herd of mischievous goats--a recipe for disaster or a bowl of delicious soup? Includes recipe.
    Book, 2013Toronto : Pajama Press, 2013. — J P FUL
  • Penniless Slim and his grandson Luis ride into the unwelcoming western town of Skinflint, and manage to rustle up a delicious meal for all its citizens out of one lone bean.
    Book, 2011New York : Sterling Pub., 2011. — J 398.2 DAV
  • A traveler stopping at a lonely cottage pulls a rusty nail from his pocket and starts to make nail soup for a grumpy old woman--proving that a merry heart and generous soul produce far better results than whines and demands.
    Book, 2007London : Frances Lincoln Children's, 2007. — J 398.2 MAD
  • In this version of the familiar tale, an old man tricks the townspeople of Chelm into contributing the necessary ingredients for making a Seder feast for all to share.
    Book, 2014Chicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman & Company, [2014] — J P GLA
  • Retells the classic tale about a traveller, a ghost, who tricks a town's witches, ghouls, and zombies into helping him make soup.
    Book, 2008Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008. — J P EVA
  • Two hungry travelers use a stone as a soup starter and demonstrate the benefits of sharing. Includes a recipe for soup.
    Book, 1998Little Rock, Ark. : August House LittleFolk, 1998. — J 398.2 FOR
  • Three wise monks trick a poor, frightened community into finding happiness by teaching them the magic of generosity.
    Book, 2003New York : Scholastic Press, [2003] — J 398.2 MUT
  • A poor but clever traveler finds a way to get the townspeople to share their food with him in this retelling of a classic tale, set in Germany at the end of the Thirty Years War.
    Book, 2005New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2005] — SHARED SYSTEM
  • Three witches are looking for a tasty treat on Halloween morning and they find only a small bone in their cupboard. So they decide to go from door to door in their village to find just the right ingredients for their bone soup.
    Book, 2018New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, [2018] — J P CAP