Information for students
Author: Dengler, Marianna Title: The Worry Stone
Book Genre: Modern Fantasy Publishing Info: Rising Moon, 32 pp.
Summary: Amanda, an elderly woman, comes to the park each day and befriends a young boy. Out of loneliness, having no one his age to play with, Jason begins to join her on the park bench. The woman alleviates the little boy’s loneliness by sharing the legend of a worry stone, the story of when her grandfather gave her a worry stone, and her worry stone. The past and the present are interwoven by this powerful folktale legend about the Chumash Indians of Ojai Valley, California.
Personal rating: ****
Rationale: excellently written; captivating illustrations; meaningful text and plot
Information for teachers
Reading level: 3.8 Interest level: 3-5
Thematic Areas: hope; tragedy; south-western culture; legends; Indians
Content Areas: geography; social studies
Potential Problems or Difficulties: no foreseen difficulties
Possible use in classroom: use in a social studies unit about Indians or California; use in geology unit about sedimentary rocks; go on a nature walk to search for worry stones (can pre-arrange a few); journal about a special memory of grandparents; write about what will happen to Jason next; use near Grandparent’s Day
--Kristy--
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