Growing Vegetable Soup

Growing Vegetable Soup is about how to grow different vegetables and then use them to make vegetable soup. I like this book because of it's short details. For example, on each page there is a step in growing vegetables and further into the book is how to make the vegetable soup step by step. I like how the picture s go along with it too, For example, when it said water the plants it showed a watering pan being sprinkled over the plants and seeds. The purpose or message of this book is to tell children (or adults) how to make vegetable soup and the different steps of growing and variety of vegetables.

My favorite of the board books because it is the most basic of introductions to gardening. It is very bright and easy to read in English and Spanish. It also labels all the vegetables in both languages. Recommended for a mixed language class and a discussion on growing and eating vegetables.

"Dad says we are going to grow vegetable soup." So begins Lois Ehlert’s bright, bold picture book about vegetable gardening for the very young. The necessary tools are pictured and labeled, as are the seeds (green bean, pea, corn, zucchini squash, and carrot). Then the real gardening happens . . . planting, weeding, harvesting, washing, chopping, and cooking! In the end? "It was the best soup ever." Ehlert’s simple, colorful cut-paper-style illustrations are child-friendly, as is the big black type. A recipe for vegetable soup tops it all off!

This book shows children the importance and responsibility of caring for and nurturing living things. This book also tells of the rewards involved at the end of caring for those living things.

This book to me was the epitome of a children's picture book. I was very impressed with the use of page space and illustrations. The pages were in full bright color and each picture of a vegetable was clearly labeled as to what it was. The author showed intelligence by showing which vegetables grew above ground and which grew under. Each page was a different, bright color and the vegetables were also bright colors.

I think I would use this in my class to show how working as a group or family to care for things gives a reward in the end which in show more this story was to make a vegetable soup and eat it! I would use the variety of vegetables presented to teach them how each one is different and whether it grows under or above ground. I would also use this story to engage students to actively participate in discussions of what they eat or what is grown in their gardens for example. show less

Caldecott Artist Lois Ehlert uses her bold, distinctive collage art to demonstrate the many steps that go into preparing vegetable soup — literally from the ground up. The first step is planting, one of the many adventures which the loving father and child in this story share. Next they water, take care, and watch: what joy to see bean seeds become beans, and tomato plants tomatoes! This simple introduction to a natural process will fascinate young readers and encourage them to grow their own gardens — and the hungry will be glad to find the soup recipe included.
Read aloud because of the sequencing of the book makes it easy for students to use prediction.

an infant/ toddler book about what goes into soup! I think this book is very cute and perfect for this age. It's about food and is brightly colored.

I like the simple nature of this book. It describes the process of growing vegetable and how to combine them into a delicious and healthy soup. It teaches children what the various types of vegetable are, which hopefully would make them want to try them for themselves. I am all for any type of book that promotes healthy eating choices for children! The only thing I didn't like about this book was the choice of such bright colors in the illustrations, some were almost blindingly bright. But then many kids might really like this aspect of it.