Community Soup

Written & illustrated by Alma Fullerton

Mischievous goats disrupt a school garden, sparking a creative solution for a communal soup.

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32 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Kioni's day at the Kenyan schoolhouse takes a chaotic turn when her playful goats follow her, threatening the vegetable harvest. As the goats munch away, the children must find a clever way to save their soup and include Kioni's unexpected guests. Can they turn this goat-induced chaos into a delicious success? Discover how teamwork and creativity transform a potential disaster into a heartwarming feast, blending humor and resourcefulness in a vibrant tale of community spirit.

From the publisher

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.

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