A sembrar sopa de verduras, Growing Vegetable Soup, Del Sol Books

Author : Lois Ehlert, Illustrator : Lois Ehlert, Translators : Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy
Preschool - 2nd Grade

A sembrar sopa de verduras
Growing Vegetable Soup

A sembrar sopa de verduras, Softcover, Spanish, Book, Lois Ehlert, Lois Ehlert, Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy, Preschool - 2nd Grade, 015201022X, # 6029s, $7.00
Growing Vegetable Soup, Softcover, English, Book, Lois Ehlert, Lois Ehlert, Preschool - 2nd Grade, 0152325808, # 6030s, $7.00

With her incomparable art, Lois Ehlert guides children through the process of planting a vegetable garden and making vegetable soup. Excellent language and concept development, not to mention great fun! (K-2)

Listen to Vienna Rose read Growing Vegetable Soup to you. A marvelous example of the magical encounter between a child and books that we wish for all children.

Publishers Weekly : Using her characteristically vibrant palette, Ehlert details the raising of a vegetable garden to make "the best soup ever." A recipe is included in this book which PW termed a "zesty introduction to vivid abstract art." Ages 2-7.

School Library Journal : PreSchool-Grade 1 This is the boldest, brassiest garden book to hit the market, and what a delight. Intensely colored graphics capture the complete growing process from seed to cooking pot, with the focus on the plants. The unseen narrator describes the process of growing vegetable soup, from preparing the tools and digging holes for the seeds to weeding plants; picking vegetables; washing, chopping, and cooking themand finally enjoying the homemade soup while planning to grow more next year. It's a fresh presentation of the gardening cycle with a joyful conclusion, and the added attraction of an easy and tasty recipe for vegetable soup on the flyleaf. A book to help nourish healthy readers.