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[Rijswijk] : De Vier Windstreken; [27] p, 35 cm; https://opc-kb.oclc.org/DB=1/PPN?PPN=297293117
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A mouse discovers an extraordinary stone that can bring delight or disaster to the world. Halfway through, the book splits into two sections, each offering a different ending.
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LibraryThing member sarkhd01
This book was very delightful to read. Halfway through the book it spllits into 2 parts. The reader gets to decide if they want a happy ending or a sad ending. I for one liked the sad ending better because it taught a lesson about greediness. I would love to have this book in my classroom. It
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relates to science because it is about mice that live on an island that go digging for stones. Show Less
LibraryThing member cspine
The reader gets to decide if they want a happy ending or a sad ending. I for one liked the sad ending better because it taught a lesson about greediness. I would love to have this book in my classroom. It relates to science because it is about mice that live on an island that go digging for stones
LibraryThing member thuvan0301
the story of Milo and dthe Magical Stones is very profound in the two ending of the story. It teaches a lesson of anything can be either a blessing or a curse upon the attitude of the one who receive it. It is a blessing for the generous and appreciated heart, but a curse to the greedy. The greedy
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of other mouses lead to sad ending. But the gracious heart lead to good ending. Show Less
LibraryThing member cnbryant
I would use this book to teach writing conclusions. I think students will like this book because they are able to choose alternate endings.
LibraryThing member blt012
I loved this book! this book could be used with writting a ending to a story. I loved how there was two ending to this story; the happy or sad. Students would love this book because it could help them write endings to their stories.
LibraryThing member Ginger_Malone
This imaginative story, and its beautiful illustrations are sure to captive most students. I love the choice of endings, and I would use this to teach about story endings.
LibraryThing member hipsterkidd
The first time I saw this book read in class I fell in love with it. It has a wonderful lesson on what happens to people (or mice, rather) who want to keep things for themselves. I will be using this book for my final lesson in class to teach plot and theme. It has a section in it where you can
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choose how the book will end. I can't wait to see how they react to that! Show Less
LibraryThing member zfrid
I absolutely loved this book for many reasons. First of all, this book is written by the author of The Rainbow Fish and has the same shiny illustrations. The magical stones glow and sparkle in the book. Another reason I really enjoyed this book was the choice of two endings. The author gave readers
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a choice of a happy ending or a sad ending. Both endings carry messages that are important for children to learn. The happy ending shows that giving something back after taking something will bring happiness. However, if greed takes over and people take and take without giving back, bad things will happen to them. In the end, this book teaches children how to share and not be greedy. Show Less
LibraryThing member mcnicol_08
A cute fictional story about a group of mice that live on an island. One day one of the mice find a golden rock that seems to make life a little better, and the mouse decides to keep the golden rock. An elder warns the young mouse that if he takes from the island he must be respectful and provide
The unique structure of the book provides two endings, a good and bad ending. The good ending concludes with the young mouse giving the island a rock of appreciation. The bad ending results in the mice giving in to greed and temptation and eventually destroying the island by excavating for more golden rock.
I think this book provides a wonderful moral, an abstract concept that is hard to teach children: greed and temptation. This story is told through animals which will allow younger readers to be engaged with the characters. I feel as though this book does a wonderful job teaching the consequences of greed, because of the two endings. It allows children to observe the positive and negative outcomes of the characters' decisions.
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the island with something in exchange for the golden rock. The unique structure of the book provides two endings, a good and bad ending. The good ending concludes with the young mouse giving the island a rock of appreciation. The bad ending results in the mice giving in to greed and temptation and eventually destroying the island by excavating for more golden rock.
I think this book provides a wonderful moral, an abstract concept that is hard to teach children: greed and temptation. This story is told through animals which will allow younger readers to be engaged with the characters. I feel as though this book does a wonderful job teaching the consequences of greed, because of the two endings. It allows children to observe the positive and negative outcomes of the characters' decisions.
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LibraryThing member chretaylor
This is a good book to use when wanting to let students have a choice in what they read. The book as a sad and happy ending that allows the author to choose which one they want to read. When teaching about writing the teacher can use this as a mentor text to challenge students to create two ending
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LibraryThing member RaineyNicole
This is a really cutely illustrated fantasy book. It has special paper for the stones so it's definitely fun to look at it. This is a great mentor text for crafting your story. It shows you can write two endings.
LibraryThing member SammiP
Great story about giving back. Great example of showing two ways a story can end
LibraryThing member krausch
This book is about a mouse names Milo who finds a magical stone that brings light during the winter. When the other mice see that Milo has this stone they want one too. The only "rule" of the stone is that once the stone helps you, you must do something for someone of something else. This is where
This is a great book for children because it teaches the lesson of if someone helps you, it is always good to help someone else.
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the two endings come into play. The happy ending is that all of the other mice get there stones and help someone of something else out. The sad ending is that all of the mice, except Milo, take the stones and do not help anyone or anything and the stones no longer work. This is a great book for children because it teaches the lesson of if someone helps you, it is always good to help someone else.
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LibraryThing member Kdd026
This cute story is great for teaching young children the value of generosity by comparing the "happy" or "sad" ending of the story. It's beautiful illustrations show the shiny gold stone in a unique way that is great for teaching children how authors use art to paint their story. it can be used in
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a writer's workshop to show students different ways to write their closure. Show Less
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9055792039 / 9789055792030