Author(s): Jude Daly
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 40
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
Language: English
Date Published: 2010-07-01
Dimensions: 214 x 272 x 12mm
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
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Illustrations: chiefly col. Illustrations

Sivu is a stonemason who can see the potential shape in a rock before he starts to chisel it, but he has never become rich or powerful, and this makes him a disappointed man. One day he finds himself envying a wealthy businessman - and suddenly he becomes that businessman. What a life! Then he starts to envy a mayor... and becomes the mayor. What a life! When Sivu envies the sun's power, he becomes the sun... then a storm cloud... then the wind... and finally a rock. But in the end he discovers to his amazement that there is someone more powerful than any rock - the stonemason who shapes it.







Using clear, elegant storytelling and exquisite illustrations, Jude Daly translates the timeless Taoist story of The Stonecutter to a modern-day African setting, conveying a timeless message for our own age.