Vegetable Soup - Hardcover

Modesitt

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0027676307 ISBN 13: 9780027676303

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1988

Synopsis

After discovering that their carrot sack is empty, Theodore and Elsie Rabbit borrow some strange vegetables from their new neighbors and concoct a delicious soup to share with their new friends

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 3 Elsie and Theodore Rabbit had planned to have boiled carrots, their favorite lunch, for the first meal in their new home, but the carrot sack is empty and the market is closed. They go from neighbor to neighbor, trying to borrow some carrots. None of their new neighbors has carrots, but each offers a substitute. Too polite to refuse the strange foods and having nothing else to eat, they take the offerings and make a soupwhich turns out to be delicious. Modesitt has created a delightful little story reminiscent of Zolotow's Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present (Harper, 1962) . Her animal characters are memorable, each with their own personalities. The soft, dreamy illustrations help to bring the characters alive and add depth to the simple tale. Of particular delight are the gentile Toad sisters, gowned, gloved, rouged lips and cheeks, with white handkerchiefs dangling from the tips of their dainty fingers. Modesitt has included a recipe for vegetable soup using the same ingredients offered to the rabbits by their neighbors. The recipe (which includes the aside, to be made ``with a grown-up's help'') might persuade parents, as well as children, to try something they've never eaten before. Constance A. Mellon, Department of Library & Information Studies, East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly:

Theodore and Elsie are two rabbits in trouble; their carrot sack is empty on their first day in their new house, and the food market is closed. They resort to the kindness of strangerstheir new neighbors. The wide-eyed squirrel doesn't "eat anything that grows underground," but he does offer some dandelion leaves. An erudite blue jay introduces the rabbits to parsley, and two elderly, well-rounded toads supply cherry tomatoes. Finally, a hedgehog expresses his love for cabbage above all vegetables in his garden. The rabbits are at first dismayed with the lack of carrots but have an insight: from the items they've borrowed, they can make vegetable soup. It's so delicious that they invite all their neighbors to lunch. This is a rewarding story of a special soup, and the delicious recipe is provided on the last page. The artist's hazy color effects give the pictures a soft focus; he lights up the pages and the rabbit's hospitable neighborhood. Modesitt and Spowart's work makes good company at anyone's table. Ages 3-6.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0027676307
• ISBN 13: 9780027676303
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32