But one day, disaster strikes — there isn’t a single ripe pumpkin to be found! So they make fish soup, mushroom soup and beetroot soup. But will the new soups be as delicious as their favourite? Duck doesn’t think so — in fact he won’t even try them!Poor Duck gets hungrier and hungrier and grumpier and grumpier, until at last Cat comes up with a soup that might just be…delicious!
This is one of my favourite books to read with my son. The pictures are beautiful, and the story has a good (yet not patronising) moral of trying something new to eat. It also has a couple of good 'shout out loud' bits that children remember such as 'i'm not eating that it's pink'.
'Inside this book you will find a recipe for troubleand it is there on the inside cover!A rather special recipe for the three friends, 'Cat, Squirrel and Duck , who usually make pumpkin soup together every day...........until, one day, there is a problem...'I was captivated by the book corner at a recent primary class I visited, recently. and were the source books and 'the corner' was alive with the shades of Autumn, with pictures and poems about the three characters.I was particularly impressed with the..
This is a lovely story that might just encourage a child to try a new thing, though children are exceptionally stubborn like Duck. The illustrations in this book are appealing, vivid, warm and autumnal in tone, and all with a special quirky touch. Cat, Squirrel and Duck are out of pumpkin for their perennial favourite, Pumpkin Soup, so they have to try something different. Cat and Squirrel are happy enough to give fish soup, mushroom soup and beetroot soup a try but Duck is NOT. Finally, with hunger at his ..
