Soup Day: A Picture Book - by Melissa Iwai (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Melissa Iwai's Soup Day celebrates the importance of making a nutritious meal and sharing in the process as a family.

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--to prepare the meal. While the soup is cooking, they spend the time playing games and reading. Before long, Daddy's home and the family sits down to enjoy a home made dinner.

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Review Quotes

"I loved this book! If only it had been around when my daughter Melissa was little, maybe I would have made something for dinner other than reservations!" --Joan Rivers

"Iwai's writing debut beautifully depicts the loving relationship between a mother and daughter... Ordinariness made extraordinary." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"A perfect meal and a perfect book." --School Library Journal

"Idyllic and cozy with colorful, textured illustrations, the book also offers a perfect recipe for tiny hands." --Associated Press

"The brightly colored illustrations--combining acrylics, fabric and paper collage, and digital elements--offer plenty of familiar elements for young children to identify and new ones to explore, such as six kinds of pasta pictured on one page. Satisfying for reading aloud." --Booklist

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