The story was told in the 1947 children's book, Stone Soup, by Marcia Brown, which featured soldiers tricking miserly villages into cooking them a feast. The book won a Caldecott Medal in 1947.
The book is based on the old French tale about soldiers who trick miserly villagers into making them a feast.
The folktale was first retold by Ann McGovern in 1968. This is the version we read in class.
