Thanks to everyone who replied to this question. I gave my patron 2 books
that you suggested and one more that I found using the Novelist database
(check with your public library to see if they have access - great
resource). Unfortunately, none was the one she remembered, although all were
on target.
The overwhelming response from you was to try "The Missing Piece" by Shel
Silverstein. One reply mentioned "The mountain that loved a bird" (by Alice
McLerran), which she loved, but not quite right either.
The one I found on Novelist was the one she's going to use, even though it
wasn't the one she remembered. "McGoogan moves the mighty rock" by Dick
Gackenbach. (From the 1981 Kirkus review: " When a rock McGoogan rests under
requests more music, the two strike up a conversation and then a bargain: If
McGoogan will haul the rock off to see the sea, the rock will tell him where
to find a fist-sized gold nugget. And so their journey begins, with
McGoogan's burden eased en route by all the chips the generous rock donates
to good folks in need of stone.")
-Thanks again - you all are the best!
-Kathy
**********************
Kathy Clark
Lower School Librarian
The Harker School
San Jose, California
kathyc@harker.org
On 8/2/06 1:10 PM, "KathyC" <KathyC@HARKER.ORG> wrote:
> I have a recreation leader who is looking for a book that she remembers, and
> she says several of her staff remember this book vaguely, but no one can
> come up with an author or title, so I hope someone here recognizes it. She
> doesnıt remember how long ago she saw it, and her staff is all different
> ages, so I canıt give a time frame for the book.
>
> The bookıs main character is a rock with feelings, who starts his journey in
> a very rough state, and as his journey progresses, becomes more polished.
> She described the book as being a metaphor for lifeıs journey. The
> illustrations may be watercolors.
>
> I have searched several library catalogs and online bookstores using
> combinations of the words rock, stone, pebble, boulder, journey, polish. It
> is not ³Everybody needs a rock² by Baylor, or ³The rock² by Parnall, or
> ³Gift from the sea² by Banks.
>
> If anyone can help, she would be eternally grateful.
> Many thanks in advance,
> -Kathy
>
> **********************
> Kathy Clark
> Lower School Librarian
> The Harker School
> San Jose, California
> kathyc@harker.org
>
>
>
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