Three wise monks trick a poor, frightened community into finding happiness by teaching them the magic of generosity.

When three hungry soldiers come to a town where all the food has been hidden, they set out to make soup of water and stones, and all the town enjoys a feast.

Three soldiers coming to a French village are put to the test, when the peasants seeing them coming, suddenly become very busy, for soldiers are often hungry. So all the food was hidden under mattresses or in barns. The soldiers must use their wits to devise a wonderful soup of stones. Stone soup, why, of course, they have to add a carrot or two, some meat...so it went.

Comic strip shows the hazards and ironies of being a single parent in the 1990s, in the household of two single-parent sisters and their mother.

A poor but clever traveler finds a way to get the townspeople to share their food with him in this retelling of a classic tale, set in Germany at the end of the Thirty Years War.

An anthology of stories from the magazine "Stone Soup," written by children and featuring different types of friendship.

"In this version of the classic tale, Stone soup, three witches are looking for a tasty treat on Halloween morning and they find only a small bone in their cupboard. So they decide to go from door to door in their village to find just the right ingredients for their bone soup"--

Strega Nona: "Never go near my cooking pot, " warns old witch Strega Nona. But does Big Anthony listen? No! Joseph had a little overcoat: Joseph loves his little overcoat, but it's getting old and worn. What can he do with it now? Stone soup: When three soldiers come to town, all the townsfolk hide their food. If the soldiers can't find any food, what will they eat? Stone soup, of course!