Every Color Soup

Written and Illustrated by Jorey Hurley
Published in 2018

Why we chose this book:
This is another eye-catching new acquisition at our library.

Mom's Review

A soup is made with vegetables of various colors.

This book has simple, bright illustrations - a different color vegetable on each page. The premise is that all are used to make soup, the recipe for which is included. Some of the vegetables were unfamiliar to T, like the eggplant, and others were a little unclear, such as the green herbs. T is now interested in a few new vegetables; he wants to get celery next time we are at the grocery store.  And it featured some staples in our meals, like lentils and carrots, so he could relate. Overall, it is a cute way to learn colors and vegetables.

Son's Review
(age 2 years and 11 months)

After the first reading:

Son: Let's read it again.

Mom: Okay, what did you like so much about it?

Son: I just liked it!

During the second reading:

Mom: I'm going to count the carrots.

Son: Can I count the garlic...the parsley...[and so on].

Afterward:

Son: Can we read it again? Zeddemore really likes counting everything!
(T loves the Ghostbusters and has a small figure of Zeddemore, who was made to count everything during our third reading.)

Mom: He does? Is counting everything your favorite part?

Son: Zeddemore likes counting. I like the red peppers.
(Which are actually tomatoes. I've told him this each time. But he wants them to be red peppers. So they're red peppers.)