Community Soup

About this book

The bestselling picture book now in an enhancededition with four pages of activity prompts and discussion questionsIn a garden outside a Kenyan schoolhouse, childrenare working together to harvest the vegetables they have grown and make theminto a soup for everyone to share. But Kioni is having trouble: her herd ofmischievous goats followed her to school today, and they are trying to maketheir own lunch out of the vegetable garden! The ensuing chaos is cleverlyresolved by the children, making their vegetable soup very tasty while savingKioni's four-legged intruders at the same time. Usingrollicking verse with echoes of "Mary had a Little Lamb,"award-winning author Alma Fullerton tells a lively story about communalprojects and finding creative solutions that help everyone contribute. Thislively story for young readers is graced with Alma's stunning primitive papersculpture art--the first book she chose to illustrate herself using this uniquestyle. Don't miss the soup recipe at the end of the story! NEW in this edition: four pages of extra back matteron growing food, celebrating communities around the world, creating collageart, and making connections beyond the text.