GROWING VEGETABLE SOUP

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!