The Real Story of Stone Soup by Ying Chang Compestine illustrated by Stephane Forisch

In first person narrative a Chinese uncle shares how one day his lazy nephews forget to bring the soup pot along on their daily fishing expedition.  The nephews amazingly make soup using just stones!
The uncle is quite derogatory with his comments about his nephews (which is why I am not "highly recommending" the book.  I really liked it otherwise and think it is well written and a great story.) and takes credit for any sort of accomplishment.
This story shares how a specific area in China developed stone soup.  The author explains its history before the story begins.
Points to discuss/warnings: Uncle calls the brothers (his nephews) "stupid" quite often, "too dull", "stupid potato heads"a couple of times.  Ting, the eldest brother, is sometimes disrespectful towards the Uncle
*Recipe for  Egg Drop Stone Soup* in the back.
Borrowed from the library.