Stone Soup - Jon J. Muth
After being blown away by Zen Shorts – one of the cleverest picture books I’ve ever encountered – I’ve been super curious about more of Muth’s work. His follow up titled Zen Ties was quite nice, but I wanted more! And yet, I still go into each of his books thinking they are going to be too big for their britches. And, so far, I’m always wrong. This is such a lovely, understated tale about transforming bitterness into cooperation. And, gosh, I just love Muth’s illustrations – particularly those featuring the cat and the girl. This is a book to be savored and shared with a young child for many, many years.