Kioni is busy rounding up her mischievous goats who have roamed away from home and broken into the garden of a Kenyan schoolhouse on soup day. Meanwhile, her friends are gathering ingredients for soup. Just as the goats begin wreaking havoc on the garden, Kioni and her friends problem solve and find a way to make the soup even more delicious. They add goat milk. Striking 3D artwork combining paper sculpture and mixed-media collage illustrate the Kenyan community. A recipe for pumpkin vegetable soup that can be made by children and adults accompanies the story. cc |
| Title: Community Soup Author: Alma Fullerton Illustrator: Alma Fullerton Publisher: Pajama Press, Ontario, Canada Copyright: 2013 Original language: English ISBN: 978-1-927485-27-9 Hardcover pages: 32 Age range: 4-7 Genre: Picture book Book setting: Kenya Author’s residence: Canada Subjects: Community gardens, Community kitchens, Eastern Africa, Goats, Kenya, Social life and customs |
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Kioni is busy rounding up her mischievous goats who have roamed away from home and broken into the garden of a Kenyan schoolhouse on soup day. Meanwhile, her friends are gathering ingredients for soup. Just as the goats begin wreaking havoc on the garden, Kioni and her friends problem solve and find a way to make the soup even more delicious. They add goat milk. Striking 3D artwork combining paper sculpture and mixed-media collage illustrate the Kenyan community. A recipe for pumpkin vegetable soup that can be made by children and adults accompanies the story. cc