Stick and Stone

by Beth Ferry

Hardcover, 2015

Status

Available

Series

Stick and Stone

Collections

Picture books, Board books

Publication

Clarion Books (2015), Edition: Illustrated, 48 pages

Description

Stick and Stone are both lonely until Pinecone's teasing causes one to stick up for the other, and a solid friendship is formed.

User reviews

LibraryThing member kristinanairn

This is a great book about making new friends and helping others in need. Stick sees Stone being teased by Pinecone and comes to Stone's rescue. After a storm blows through Stone looks for Stick and finds Stick stuck in a puddle. Stone rescues Stick this time and the two friends reunite. The

characters in the book are ones that anyone can relate to. The story is full of rhyming and the author keeps the text simple, meaningful and imaginative. The message is encouraging and uplifting. The illustrations are whimsical.

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LibraryThing member Cdavie3

Stick and Stone is a great book. The author uses a rhyming pattern through out this story of friendship between a stick and a stone. The author describes the stone by its shape and calls it a zero and the stick, a one. "A zero. A one. Alone is not fun". The author uses creative writing like this

previous example in order to create pattern and flow for the reader or listener to follow along. The author presents a part of the story in which a pinecone makes fun of the stone, the stick's friend. Stick stands up for Stone and tells Pinecone to "Vanish". This part of the story hints at how friendship works and provides the listener or reader with the idea that friends are supposed to stick up for one another (pun intended). "Stick and Stone" is not just a great book of rhymes, but a lesson in what creates a good friendship.

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LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26

Lonely Stick and solitary Stone become friends in this sing-song picture-book about friendship and loyalty. After Stick stands up for Stone against Pinecone the bully, the two become an inseparable pair. Then a storm sends Stick flying, and it is Stone's turn to come to the rescue...

Author Beth

Ferry, who made her picture-book debut with Stick and Stone, delivers a simple rhyming text - no more than a few words per page - that works quite well with illustrator Tom Lichtenheld's pencil and watercolor artwork. I liked the interplay here between word and image, as round Stone is described as a zero and narrow Stick as a one, but together they make a (perfect, one presumes) ten. Recommended to anyone looking for children's stories about bullying, friendship, and loyalty for the younger picture-book set.

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LibraryThing member villemezbrown

Simple and amusing. Didn't think it would work -- and it wasn't entirely successful -- but bonus star for carrying off the story of a stick and a stone as well as it did.

LibraryThing member CynthiaMackey

A sweet story about friendship and nature.

LibraryThing member Todd_D._Zittlow

This book is a simple delight and simply a delight. Clean prose coupled with perfectly paired illustrations and a great theme. Loved it.

LibraryThing member ms_rowse

Loved the illustrations. Read as a possible addition to a cyberbullying unit in my Pop Culture Studies class. Love the play on words with the "sticks and stones" adage, turning stick and stone into lovable protagonists instead of weapons of words. Would be a good discussion starter for what does it

mean to befriend someone who might not be like you, or just how to come to someone else's defense when you see them being picked on.

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