Sylvester is a donkey that has a hobby of collecting unusual pebbles. Sylvester finds a pebble one day that grants wishes. When a lion comes along, Sylvester wishes that he were a rock and becomes a rock. However, as a rock Sylvester can't hold the pebble and wish to be a donkey again. A lot of time passes and his parents eventually happen onto the same spot he became a rock. They find the pebble and put it on the rock that is Sylvester. When he wishes that he were himself, it comes true! This book was banned from some schools in the seventies because of its portrayal of police as the pigs in the book.
Here are some lessons that go along with the book: http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/1270.html .
Steig, W. (1969) Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. Scholastic: New York.
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