Community Soup
The bestselling picture book now in an enhanced
edition with four pages of activity prompts and discussion questions
In a garden outside a Kenyan schoolhouse, children
are working together to harvest the vegetables they have grown and make them
into a soup for everyone to share. But Kioni is having trouble: her herd of
mischievous goats followed her to school today, and they are trying to make
their own lunch out of the vegetable garden The ensuing chaos is cleverly
resolved by the children, making their vegetable soup very tasty while saving
Kioni's four-legged intruders at the same time.
Using
rollicking verse with echoes of "Mary had a Little Lamb,"
award-winning author Alma Fullerton tells a lively story about communal
projects and finding creative solutions that help everyone contribute. This
lively story for young readers is graced with Alma's stunning primitive paper
sculpture art--the first book she chose to illustrate herself using this unique
style. Don't miss the soup recipe at the end of the story
NEW in this edition: four pages of extra back matter
on growing food, celebrating communities around the world, creating collage
art, and making connections beyond the text.
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