The Three Questions

With his stunning watercolors -- and text that resounds with universal truths, award-winning artist Jon J Muth has transformed a story by Tolstoy into a timeless fable for young readers.

A perfect gift for graduation--or any occasion--by a Caldecott Honor Book Artist!"Quietly life changing..." --The New York TimesYoung Nikolai is searching for the answers to his three questions: When is the best time to do things? Who is the most important one? What is the right thing to do?But it is his own response to a stranger's cry for help that leads him directly to the answers he is looking for. This profound and inspiring book is about compassion and being engaged in each moment. With his stunning watercolors -- and text that resounds with universal truths, Jon J Muth has transformed a story by Leo Tolstoy into a timeless fable for readers of every age!

Author: Jon J. Muth
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 04/01/2002
Pages: 32
Weight: 1.2lbs
Size: 9.90h x 12.30w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780439199964
Revised 2005 Edition

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.4
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 58903 / Three Questions: Based on a Story by Leo Tolstoy


Award: 2003 Bookseller's Choice Winner - Picture Book
Award: 2003 Book Sense Book of the Year Award Nominee - Children's Illustrated
Award: 2003 Nautilus Award Finalist - Children's Illustrated
Award: 2006 Georgia Children's Book Award Nominee - Picture Storybook