In a moment of fright Sylvester the donkey asks his magic pebble to turn him into a rock but then can not hold the pebble to wish himself back to normal again. This book is also a Caldecott Medal winner,

Teacher Cyber Guide  An entire on-line unit including multiple activities.

Lesson Plan from  Teacher Views  Suggestions for language arts activities.

Activities include cross-curricular ideas. TeacherViews

Activity about adjectives. University of Alabama-Huntsville

CyberGuide includes writing and reading activities resulting in a student product. Metro-Nashville School System (Teacher CyberGuide)

Lesson Plan based on the six thinking levels of Bloom's taxonomy. Kidline