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Bone Button Borscht

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Author: Aubrey Davis

Illustrator: Duan Petri

Categories Build Community , Folktales , Give (Tzedakah)

Tags: PJ Library

Grades: Early Childhood (Age 2-4/5) , Lower Elementary (K-2)

On a dark winter's night, a ragged beggar dreams of a warm hearth and a delicious meal -- and sets out to find just that. In this retelling of the classic folk tale "Stone Soup," a stranger teaches the poor villagers what can be accomplished with a few buttons and a little cooperation.

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