On a cold, snowy day, a young girl and her mother shop to buy ingredients for vegetable soup. At home, they work together—step by step—...
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Nov 19, 2010
Jessi
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The pictures are extremely well done and quirky. The book focuses on a girl who looks to be Asian and her presumably adoptive white mother as they prepare a meal together. I love that the protagonists in the story are an underrepresented population of society. This is obviously not the focus of the book, but it does add something special in my opinion.
This book is a great find for younger children. Kids will be drawn in by the pictures and will think it's fun to see the pictures of t More...
This book is a great find for younger children. Kids will be drawn in by the pictures and will think it's fun to see the pictures of t More...
Nov 21, 2010
Anna
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Title: Soup Day By Melissa Iwai
Summary: A girl and her mother make a day of making soup.
Rating: Yes
Ages: 3-5 years
Pros:
The bright collage illustrations are large and easy to see, perfect for sharing with groups.
This book is filled with description that makes for easy extended educational interaction with the reader. For example, on one page the characters count the vegetables in their grocery basket and on another they discuss the shapes that the cut vegetable ma More...
Summary: A girl and her mother make a day of making soup.
Rating: Yes
Ages: 3-5 years
Pros:
The bright collage illustrations are large and easy to see, perfect for sharing with groups.
This book is filled with description that makes for easy extended educational interaction with the reader. For example, on one page the characters count the vegetables in their grocery basket and on another they discuss the shapes that the cut vegetable ma More...
Sep 01, 2010
Tasha
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Today is soup day, so a little girl and her mother head to the store through the snowy streets. There they buy the ingredients for their soup, careful to choose the vegetables with the brightest colors. They pick out green celery, yellow onions, orange carrots, white mushrooms and more. Back at home, they wash the vegetables and cut them into little pieces. The little girl gets to help with a plastic knife and the softer veggies. After sautéing the vegetables, broth is added and the soup co
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Jun 16, 2011
Kathryn
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What a sweet little book! I loved the warm, caring home and the fun, attentive mom and the love of cooking that just rises up from the pages like delicious steam from a bowl of soup! ;-p Though the text is fairly sparse and the illustrations are a bit cartoony at times (it is a board book for young readers), I felt that every word was chosen with skill and the illustrations conveyed all the right emotions. I just loved the little things, like how the girl watches her mother chop vegetables
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Dec 15, 2011
Gwen
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Soup Day is a wonderfully illustrated children's book. What better time to make soup then a snowy day? The daughter and mother go to the grocery store to pick out ingredients. Melissa Iwai includes all the necessary steps to making a vegetable soup. My pre-k students really liked the illustrations and explanations of how things were cut and added to the soup. A great activity was reading the book and pretending to do what the characters were doing. Personally, I really liked seeing an Asian chil
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Jan 28, 2012
Peacegal
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This is a simple and charming little book about a mother and daughter preparing vegetable soup.
I love the fact that the characters made a vegan soup--and the recipe at the book's conclusion suggests vegetable broth as an alternative to meat broths. Veg*n families--or anyone trying to impart healthy eating patterns--will appreciate this one quite a bit.
I love the fact that the characters made a vegan soup--and the recipe at the book's conclusion suggests vegetable broth as an alternative to meat broths. Veg*n families--or anyone trying to impart healthy eating patterns--will appreciate this one quite a bit.
Dec 07, 2010
The Library Lady
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I love everything about this book starting with the sturdy pages, the bright bold artwork and the simple language, reminiscent of Anne Rockwell in its being perfectly chosen to feel right to 2 and 3 year olds. I'm saving this one for a soup program in January to go along with "Chicken Soup With Rice" and a telling of "Stone Soup"
Oct 15, 2010
Tricia
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What a fun journey through a little girl's experience making soup with her mother. Bright and fun illustrations transport the reader into the story--we could almost smell the soup! Includes recipe for the soup at the end of the book. Might be a fun combo with "Ugly Vegetables", another title we enjoyed about making soup.
May 21, 2011
Serena
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Where's the beef? This was a sweet book about a child helping their mother make the soup. They did all sorts of fun things while waiting on the soup to finish like playing pretend. At the end of the book is a recipe for Snowy Day Vegetable Soup. This really made me hungry and if it wasn't so hot outside I'd get soup.
Jan 13, 2011
Jean-Marie
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It's soup day! A girl and her mom shop for fresh ingredients, chop them up and make some soup. While they wait for the soup to cook they have lots of fun bonding and playing. A great read if you are thinking about making some fresh, homemade soup with a little one.
Jun 24, 2011
Susan
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A terrific book about a mom and a daughter making soup on a snowy winter day - captures all the coziness of a day at home with play and cooking and parent/child interaction. Includes recipe for Snowy Day Vegetable Soup.
Feb 03, 2011
Amanda
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Couldn't believe my "I don't like soup" 5 yr old would ask for soup after reading this book. Mission accomplished! Too bad I didn't have any alphabet pasta on hand or it would've been a slam dunk! Very nice, easy book about making a soup step by step with recipe included.
Oct 18, 2010
Emerson School
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2nd grade - 10/2010 - supports "how to" writing prompt very well
sweet story would work for lower grades as well
sweet story would work for lower grades as well
Jul 23, 2011
Ada
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Wonderful and sweet story about a mother and child making soup together. Story doesn't leave out the waiting parts - while the soup is cooking there is time for imaginative play. Very low-key gentle story about the sweet precious times we can have with our children.
Dec 13, 2010
Natasha
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A nice little winter/cooking story to share with the toddler/preschool crowd.
Apr 22, 2011
Jennifer
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Ahh, soup day. It's a cold winter's day, perfect for making soup. Mother and daughter cook the ingredients, play while the soup simmers, and enjoy delicious warm soup. If you need a book for a winter-themed story time and don't want another book about snow, include this one.
Apr 07, 2011
Dianna
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I love books like this that inspire me to be a better, more attentive parent.
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