A large, beautiful blue stone is discovered in a forest. It is cut in half, and one half stays in the forest while the other starts on a long and mystical journey through many places, many owners, and many transformations. It begins as a statue of an elephant, admired by museum goers, and then becomes a carved bird residing in an elderly woman’s garden. It becomes a moon, a cat, a necklace, and more. Throughout it all, the stone longs to return home, and finally it crumbles to dust and flies with the wind back to rest with its other half in the forest.

Related: Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Picture Book, Taiwan

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• ISBN: 9780316113830
• Author: Liao, Jimmy
• Translator: Thompson, Sarah
• Published: 2008, Little, Brown Young Readers
• Themes: Belonging, Forests, home, Journey, Peace, transformation
• Descriptors: Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Picture Book, Taiwan
• No. of pages: 80