Stone Soup

We are so excited to post about the book Stone Soup.  There are many different versions of Stone Soup, but they all have the same theme of sharing and caring.  This version, of Stone Soup we enjoyed a lot.  It is about a young boy who "tricks" an older woman into thinking soup can be make from a single stone.  He starts out by begging the old woman for food.  When she does not help this hungry boy, he asks for a stone.  This woman becomes intrigued and opens her kitchen up to the ...

Bean Thirteen

This weeks book we have read and had fun with is Bean Thirteen.  The readers meet Ralph and Flora who are insects.  They are picking beans for dinner.  Flora goes to pick bean number 13 and Ralph shouts, Don't do it!.  Ralph believes bean 13 is unlucky.  They try to split the beans evenly for dinner, but to no avail.  There is always one left over.  Will they come up with a solution to their problem? We loved this book not only for its bright illustrations, but because is teaches ...

Carrot Soup

This weeks book is Carrot Soup written by John Segal.  The authors text and detailed illustrations tell the story of a rabbit who's favorite food is carrot soup.  The book starts with the reader meeting Mr. Rabbit while he is looking through seed catalogs.  There is a great page of different kinds of carrots which engages the reader.  Mr. Rabbit plows, plants, waters, weeds, and waits for his carrots to be ready.  When harvest day arrives he doesn't find any carrots!  They have all ...

Horton Hatches the Egg

Have you heard of the book Horton Hatches the Egg?  We hadn't until we were looking at Dr. Seuss books at the library.  We came across Horton Hatches the Egg and brought it home.  We liked this book because it is based on an Elephant, Horton, who told a bird he would sit on her egg and wouldn't get off.  He sat on the egg through rain, snow, hunters, and others laughing at him.  But he continued to say "I meant what I said, And I said what I meant.... An elephant's faithful One hundred ...

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

This weeks book is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.  When I told Little Chef A she was very excited.  Although she hasn't read the book, she has seen the movie multiple times and loves it.  I gave her a challenge to read the book.  I'm sure she will enjoy it as much as we have enjoyed it. While reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, we decided to make some fun chocolates of our own.  For you to do this with your Little Chefs you will need Chocolate molds, candy chocolates, a ...