Community Soup - Softcover

Fullerton, Alma

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1772780707 ISBN 13: 9781772780703

Publisher: Pajama Press, 2019

Synopsis

In a garden outside a Kenyan schoolhouse, teachers and students are gathering their vegetables for soup. But all Kioni brought today were her troublesome goats. How can they contribute?

In a garden outside a Kenyan schoolhouse children are working together to harvest the vegetables they have grown and make them into a soup for everyone to share. But Kioni is having trouble: her herd of mischievous goats followed her to school today and they are trying to eat all the vegetables. The ensuing chaos caused by the goats is cleverly resolved by the children, making their vegetable soup very tasty while saving Kioni's four-legged intruders at the same time.

Using rollicking verse with echoes of "Mary had a Little Lamb," Alma Fullerton tells a lively story about communal projects and finding creative solutions that help everyone contribute. This lively story for young readers is graced with Alma's stunning primitive paper sculpture art - the first book she has chosen to illustrate herself.

About this title

About the Authors

Alma Fullerton was first known for her award-winning free-verse novels for juvenile and young-adult readers, including the Governor General’s Award-nominated Libertad. In 2012, Alma branched out to picture books highlighting the daily lives of children around the world. A Good Trade was a White Ravens Choice, a Bank Street Best Book, and a nominee for a number of awards. In a Cloud of Dust won the Rainforest of Reading Award, was a Foreword Magazine Best Children’s Books of Fall 2015 selection, and was a finalist for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. When the Rain Comes was a 2018 USBBY Outstanding International Book, among other honors. Community Soup is the first book both written and illustrated by Alma. She lives in Midland, Ontario.

Alma Fullerton was first known for her award-winning free-verse novels for juvenile and young-adult readers, including the Governor General’s Award-nominated Libertad. In 2012, Alma branched out to picture books highlighting the daily lives of children around the world. A Good Trade was a White Ravens Choice, a Bank Street Best Book, and a nominee for a number of awards. In a Cloud of Dust won the Rainforest of Reading Award, was a Foreword Magazine Best Children’s Books of Fall 2015 selection, and was a finalist for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. When the Rain Comes was a 2018 USBBY Outstanding International Book, among other honors. Community Soup is the first book both written and illustrated by Alma. She lives in Midland, Ontario.

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Kioni has a herd of goats With hair of calico. And everywhere Kioni goes, Those goats are sure to--Oh no!

Edition details

• Publisher: Pajama Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1772780707
• ISBN 13: 9781772780703
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Fullerton Alma
• Number of pages: 32