soups

Mimi misses her grandma. Every day something reminds her of grandma's special Saturday soup and the tales of Jamaica her grandmother tells.

When three hungry soldiers come to a town where all the food has been hidden, they set out to make soup of water and stones. One side of tape has page-turn signals.

As Marla Little's pumpkin rolls away through town and its vegetable parade, she calls out to various people along the way, enticing them to help catch the rolling pumpkin.

"Green soup?! Eww, not for me! or could it be...yummy? Helping Mum and Mama cook gives this tot the courage to try a new food!" --Back cover.

When Ellie accidentally overhears that her family deli is most likely going to close, she does the only thing she can think of. She makes a wish on matzo ball soup. Eleven-year-old Ellie is feisty, determined, and a little bit anxious. She considers Lukshen Deli part of the family--after all, it's been around for four generations, ever since her great-grandmother opened it. Along with her BFF, Ava; her sisters, Anna and Mabel; her lunch buddies, Aanya, Brynn, Nina, and Sally; and her grandparents, Bubbie and Zeyda, Ellie is determined to prove that old fashioned Jewish delis can get with the times--but if her plan doesn't work, the deli will be sold for good.

In a garden outside a Kenyan schoolhouse, the children work together to harvest the vegetables they have grown and make them into a soup for everyone to share, but Kioni's goats have followed her to school today and they are trying to eat all the vegetables.

"Two grandmas. Two delicious recipes. Sophie loves Bubbe's Jewish chicken soup, made with kreplach. She also loves Nai Nai's Chinese chicken soup, with wonton. But don't tell Bubbe and Nai Nai that their soups are the same!"--Provided by publisher.

"Diners line up outside Chef Kate's restaurant on a snowy day. She's busy inside making Magic Bean Soup. When Kate is ready, she invites her guests in and serves them steamy, hot bowls of delicious Magic Bean Soup. Kate's diners eat, and then get to make wishes. They leave full, happy, and hopeful that their wishes will come true"--Back cover.

A young boy, bored with his video games, decides to make a black bean soup.

"In this . . . story, a young boy and his sister enjoy a warm bowl of soup on a chilly, rainy day. Once the boy finishes his soup, he falls asleep--and suddenly, his sister's bowl of soup has become a river that begins filling up the entire house! It sweeps into the living room and picks up dolls, trucks, and trains, then heads into the den and picks up the family dog, still asleep on her bed. Trying to stay afloat, the boy grabs onto a noodle, while Mommy uses a carrot. Luckily, the boy has an idea about how to get rid of the river of soup, and soon, everything is back to the way it was"--Provided by publisher.