Pumpkin Soup Helen Cooper Scholastic

A story about accepting being gracious and allowing friends to help. It was pretty cute!

This book was perfect for my toddler when needing to illustrate what being excluded feels like and showing that the characters can come together and recognize the strengths of all characters. I think this book can go down to toddlers and up to first grade for a really good idea of exclusion.

Cooper ha escrito un cuento lindo con arte imaginativo. Los dibujos son de tamaños distintos en el curso del libro. (y ¡acuérdate a buscar los bichos observadores!) la trama se trata de la amistad y de lo que vale más en las relaciones. A mi hijo de tres años le gusta mucho este libro y siempre que lo traigo de la biblioteca me pide que lo lea vez tras vez. Tiene una continuacion - Una pizca de pimienta: Para la sopa de calabaza - que no es TAN bueno como esto pero todavia mucho mejor que el libro promedio. Y el arte es re-divertido.

This is an adorable story! The illustrations are beautiful. The moral is that friendship is more important than keeping with the norm or having an orderly kitchen. A new children's favorite!

This book is a must for any child. Our daughter is 2 years of age and endless flips throughthe pages pointing out her favorite animals. What makes this book so great is that a child up to 8-10 will love it as well. It's become a cornerstone ofthe nightly bedtime ritual.

There is something so warm, satisfying and homey about this book. The three animals live happily together in their warm and cozy house eating their regular supper of pumpkin soup. Each member of this little family has his own role in the soup making process; however, happiness cannot last forever and one morning the duck decides he wants to trade parts! HE wants to be the one stirring the soup... This wish causes chaos in the little house and the duck decides to leave.... I am sure you can guess the ending, but nevertheless this is a rich, beautiful and lovable story which has several surprises along the way. The paintings are beautiful and colorful (I especially love the pumpkin garden) and my son always ends the reading with his wish "please make me a pumpkin soup"...

What a lovely book. My friend's little girl,who is 3, just loves this book. Her mum raves that she can't go to sleep without hearing it. They gave it to my 2 year old as a birthday gift. The illustrations are beautiful and the story is charming. It's fastly becoming my child's favorite book. It must be...I read it to him at least 3 times a day. Enjoy! I'm going to buy more of her books.