Stone Soup by Lesley Sims
A traditional folktale retold for beginner readers ready to tackle slightly more complicated storylines and sentence structures. When a traveller comes to town he claims to be able to make a wonderful soup from only water and a stone. But he still needs a few ingredients... Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton. Includes several pages of reading-related puzzles. Also available as an ebook with narration in British English (on tablets that support audio).
The traditional folktale of an old man who tricks an old woman into believing he can make soup from a stone is retold here as part of the excellent value Usborne First Reading seriesQuality paper, lively illustrations, short sentences, speech bubbles and simple text recreate the story in a very accessible and attractive hardback format. * Leicestershire County Council recommended Key Stage 1 Fiction Books *
Lesley dreamed of being a writer, but studied law as her mother insisted she had "something to fall back on". Since joining Usborne Publishing, she has written and edited hundreds of books, from funny rhyming stories to an award-winning history book. Nowadays, she is often found recording books, too, in Usborne's very own recording studio.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781409533245 |
| ISBN 10 | 1409533247 |
| Title | Stone Soup |
| Author | Lesley Sims |
| Series | First Reading Level 2 |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding type | Multiple-component retail product |
| Publisher | Usborne Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 2011-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |