Title: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
Author: William Steig
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
IBSN: 0-671-66269-4
Summary: Sylvester and Magic Pebble is a cute story about a cute donkey named Sylvester Duncan. He loves to collect cool pebbles for his collection. One day he finds an unusual pebble, and realizes it grants wishes when you hold it. On his way home to show his mother and father, he runs into a lion and in fear wishes he were a rock. He can no longer hold the pebble, and he is in fear he will be a rock forever. His parents search, and feel sad for fear they will never see his son again. They end up many months after find the pebble, and place it on the rock during a picnic, and they both along with Sylvester the rock wish they could see there son again, and he turns back into a donkey.
Evaluation: The story has a bunch of emotions that really capture all readers young, and old. The story is well written, and the layout of the book is perfect for readers because it does not have too much text on each page, and the illustrations are colorful, big, and detailed. The plot is perfect, and it is a very cute story. Both adults, and children can relate to the story of the Duncan family, I highly recommend having this in your school, or home library because it is a great story that has great elements to it.
I never heard of this picture book but I am glad you wrote about it because it seems like a cute one!
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