This story fulfills a prophesy of the Great Stone Face in the New Hampshire mountains. Someone will be born with the face of the mountain and this person will be the most noble of their time. The tale follows a boy named Ethan who throughout his life time, he sees multiple people who the villagers think will fulfill the prophesy with their fame or wealth. They always prove to not be the true face of the mountain until Ethan's granddaughter says that Ethan has already fulfilled the prophesy through his character and goodness. ( )

Ethan grows up in the shadow of the great stone face. With everyone else in his village, he waits and wonders who will fulfill the prophecy. Ethan begins to believe the prophecy will not be fulfilled in his lifetime, until a young child, seeing more deeply than all the rest. ( )

Folklore
Review: The Great Stone Face loomed over the town and as people from the town's past came back, everyone saw them as the same face that watched over them, but Ethan thought that none of them were the same.
Critique: This is a good folklore book because it has legend within it that is passed down from generation to generation within the small town ( )

This is a picture book that is the genre of legends. It tells the legend of a mountain with a face on it and the prophecy that someone will be born that resembled the stone face.

A retelling of Nathaniel Howthorne's classic tale looking at the nature of goodness, character and a life well-lived.