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>Sylvester can’t believe his luck when he finds a magic pebble that can make wishes come true. But when a lion jumps out at him on his way home, Sylvester is shocked into making a wish that has unexpected consequences. After overcoming a series of obstacles, Sylvester is eventually reunited with his loving family. Illustrated with William Steig’s glowing pictures, this winner of the Caldecott Medal is beloved by children everywhere. This package includes a paperback book along with a CD of this modern classic read by legendary actor James Earl Jones.
Lexile Measure: 700 (What's this?)
Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: Little Simon; Book and CD edition (March 6, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1442435607
ISBN-13: 978-1442435605
Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 0.2 x 10.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (187 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #7,548 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #31 in Books > Children's Books > Animals > Farm Animals #191 in Books > Children's Books > Classics #369 in Books > Children's Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy & Magic
Age Range: 3 - 7 years
Grade Level: Preschool - 2
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble won the Caldecott Medal as the best illustrated children's story of 1970. The images stand out for their tender renditions of emotion in the faces and bodies of the animals in the illustrations. Nature is rendered in just as malleable a way to emphasize the changes going on in the story.The story itself is a variation of the familiar theme of the grass being greener on the other side. In typical fashion, that fable theme is carried out here through many trials and tribulations that will help your child appreciate the joys of what otherwise would be consider humdrum. The strength of the story is the way the moral is made more explicit than in most other versions of this theme.This book will never be forgotten by any child who reads it, and should be enjoyed by most children beginning around age 3. Fascination will tend to dull after age 6.Sylvester Duncan (a donkey) lived with his parents. His favorite activity was to collect pebbles of unusual shapes and colors. One rainy Saturday during vacation, he was alone when he found a quite extraordinary one. It was "flaming red, shiny, and perfectly round, like a marble." Shivering in the rain, he wished that the sun would come out . . . and it did. The rain stopped so fast, "It CEASED." "It struck him that magic must be at work . . . ." He "guessed that the magic must be in the . . . pebble."He then ran three tests. He started the rain, stopped it again, and got rid of a wart on his left hind fetlock.Excited, he headed back home.He ran into a lion. Startled, he made a wish without thinking. "I wish I were a rock." Well, he succeeded. The lion left.The only trouble was, the pebble fell away from Sylvester.
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