Sylvester and the magic pebble
Readers rate it 4.0 (40 on Hardcover)
36 pages · Released 1980 · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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Sylvester and the Magic Pebble is a beloved Caldecott Medal winner about a young donkey's accidental misfortune and his family's devotion to finding him. The story centers on separation anxiety and reunion, with gentle magical elements and warm family themes. While there is a brief moment of danger that prompts the central dilemma, the book resolves with comfort and love, making it suitable for young readers while offering reassurance about family bonds.
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In a moment of fright, Sylvester the donkey asks his magic pebble to turn him into a rock but then can not hold the pebble to wish himself back to normal again. In a moment of fright, Sylvester the donkey asks his magic pebble to turn him into a rock but then can not hold the pebble to wish himself back to normal again.
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- Donkeys
- Fiction
- Juvenile fiction
- Magic
- Missing children
- Children's fiction
- Donkeys, fiction
- Magic, fiction
- Big books
- Children's stories
- Wishes
- Caldecott Medal
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ISBN 9780671661540 · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers