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List Price: $18.95Amazon.com's Price: $12.89 You Save: $6.06 (32%)Prices subject to change.
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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780395533079
ISBN: 0395533074
Label: Houghton Mifflin
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 32
Publication Date: October 28, 1991
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Sales Rank: 34632
Studio: Houghton Mifflin
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In a story recounted through the daily log of Captain Allan Hope, the sailors aboard the Rita Anne become mesmerized and transformed by a mysterious glowing rock, and only music and books can restore them to normal.
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The Wretched Stone is a Modern Fantasy tale featuring a crew of sailors that loose their ability to read and play instruments after staring for hours at a wretched stone (which is symbolic of a television). They recover nicely after taking up their old interests.
I can relate to the evils of the television as it often takes away my own time for hobbies. I thought it was great that the readers recovered more quickly than the other sailors.
For a classroom extension, I would ... Read More
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Imagine being in a great storm on a ship with your crewmates being apes. This is what ends up happening to a captain in The Wretched Stone, written by Chris Van Allsburg. The story starts out with a smart crew that is on a boat and who are setting sail. When the crew hits land, they find a mystical stone. While watching the stone, the crew is fasinated with the stone a little too much. After watching the stone for some time, the crew turns into apes, and not at the oppertune time, because a storm is headed ... Read More
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Have you heard about the book The Wretched Stone? The author, Chris Van Allsburg, made a beautiful book. This book I will never forget. I am glad I read this book. I hope you will enjoy this book like I did.
I thought that the colors were pale in the pictures. But, the theme is good. The theme is to not watch too much TV. The art work is like real people. I can tell that the author's words are very stiff. The story takes place mostly at sea in the boat.
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Even my eight-year-old grandchild got the message of this wonderful allegory. The Wretched Stone is an important story with a message-- a great reminder lesson for children and adults alike, about the dangers of watching too much television. It's so easy to slide into the passive oblivion in front of the tube. We need to tear ourselves and our children away from the "glowing orb."
The sailors on the ship became captive to a glowing stone that said nothing. Anything like that around your house?
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This is one of my favorite Chris Van Allsburg books. Chris Van Allsburg, author to gems like The Polar Express, The Stranger, Just a Dream, and The Wreck of the Zephyr, tells another captivating story with a message. This one serves as a great reminder and launching point for discussion, for children and adults alike, about the dangers of too much television.
It's estimated that the average child watches about 4 hours of TV per day. That calculates out to 28 hours per week or 120 hours per month. ... Read More
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