Awards

• Commended for Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Books for Kids & Teens 2013 (Canada)

Overview

Thebestselling picture book now in an enhanced edition with four pages of activityprompts and discussion questions In a garden outside a Kenyan schoolhouse, childrenare working together to harvest the vegetables they have grown and make theminto a soup for everyone to share. But Kioni is having trouble: her herd ofmischievous goats followed her to school today, and they are trying to maketheir own lunch out of the vegetable garden! The ensuing chaos is cleverlyresolved by the children, making their vegetable soup very tasty while savingKioni's four-legged intruders at the same time. Using rollicking verse with echoes of ""Mary hada Little Lamb,"" award-winning author Alma Fullerton tells a lively storyabout communal projects and finding creative solutions that help everyonecontribute. This lively story for young readers is graced with Alma's stunningprimitive paper sculpture art-the first book she chose to illustrate herselfusing this unique style. Don't miss the soup recipe at the end of the story! NEW in this edition: four pages of extra back matteron growing food, celebrating communities around the world, creating collageart, and making connections beyond the text.

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Praise for Community Soup 2013 CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens selection The full-color, mixed-media collages steal the show...A great choice for group sharing or for units on communities. -School Library Journal The recipe for Fullerton's second picture book, after A Good Trade, involves a bit of 'Stone Soup,' a dash of 'Mary Had a Little Lamb,' and a rural Kenyan setting...there's much to enjoy in Fullerton's textured illustrations... -Publishers Weekly For reading aloud or alone, a nourishing choice. -Kirkus Reviews The simple sentences have a conversational tone and the superb pacing makes for a lively read aloud...[The] paper-sculpture illustrations are a visual feast...Textures seem tactile, from the rough, peeling bark on twigs to the softly curling tufts of the goats' hair. -Quill & Quire The first line of this story draws readers into a day-in-the-life of Kenyan school community, which Fullerton depicts with mixed-media collage and paper-sculptures that lend a diorama-like depth to each scene. -International Reading Association Reading Today Online The simply told story uses sparse language, but it is the lively drawings that are so winning. Fullerton's incredible 3D collage illustrations in mixed media fairly leap off the page and cleverly complement the text. -CM Magazine Community Soup is a short fun tale that welcomes everyone...Alma Fullerton uses bright colors and texture in excitingly visual collages throughout the book. Each page comes alive and pops right off the page! Community Soup is wonderful for young readers looking to explore their culinary side with a little help from Kioni and her friends! -New York Botanical Gardens, Children's Books Explore the Power of Community The three-dimensional, mixed media illustrations practically jump off the page, and had my girls trying to touch and feel them. After reading Community Soup, my daughters had fun making their own felt- vegetable soup combinations. -Kids Read the World

"Praise for Community Soup 2013 CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens selection ""The full-color, mixed-media collages steal the show...A great choice for group sharing or for units on communities.""—School Library Journal ""The recipe for Fullerton's second picture book, after A Good Trade, involves a bit of 'Stone Soup,' a dash of 'Mary Had a Little Lamb,' and a rural Kenyan setting...there's much to enjoy in Fullerton's textured illustrations...""—Publishers Weekly ""For reading aloud or alone, a nourishing choice.""—Kirkus Reviews ""The simple sentences have a conversational tone and the superb pacing makes for a lively read aloud...[The] paper-sculpture illustrations are a visual feast...Textures seem tactile, from the rough, peeling bark on twigs to the softly curling tufts of the goats' hair.""—Quill & Quire ""The first line of this story draws readers into a day-in-the-life of Kenyan school community, which Fullerton depicts with mixed-media collage and paper-sculptures that lend a diorama-like depth to each scene.""—International Reading Association Reading Today Online ""The simply told story uses sparse language, but it is the lively drawings that are so winning. Fullerton's incredible 3D collage illustrations in mixed media fairly leap off the page and cleverly complement the text.""—CM Magazine ""Community Soup is a short fun tale that welcomes everyone...Alma Fullerton uses bright colors and texture in excitingly visual collages throughout the book. Each page comes alive and pops right off the page! Community Soup is wonderful for young readers looking to explore their culinary side with a little help from Kioni and her friends!""—New York Botanical Gardens, ""Children's Books Explore the Power of Community"" “The three-dimensional, mixed media illustrations practically jump off the page, and had my girls trying to touch and feel them. After reading Community Soup, my daughters had fun making their own felt- vegetable soup combinations.”—Kids Read the World"

Author Information

Alma Fullertonwas first known for her award-winning free-versenovels for juvenile and young-adult readers, including the Governor General'sAward-nominatedLibertad. Sincethen, her picture books about children around the world have also won nationaland international awards, including a White Ravens Choice and a Bank StreetBest Book for A Good Trade, and a USBBY Outstanding International Bookfor When the Rain Comes. Most recently, No More Plastic! was anhonor book for the Green Earth Book Award and a finalist for both the OLAForest of Reading Blue Spruce Award and the SYRCA Shining Willow Award. Almalives in Prince Edward Island with her husband, her service dog, Gibson, andher own herd of mischievous goats.

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