Sopa de frijoles / Bean Soup

Un poema para cocinar / A Cooking Poem

Jorge Argueta, Rafael Yockteng

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Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada
20 June 2017

Cooking & food (Children's&YA)

Series: Bilingual Cooking Poems

"This delightful recipe in poem form shows us all, young and old, how to make a heartwarming, tummy-filling bean soup

From gathering the beans, onions and garlic to letting them swim in the pot until the house smells wonderful and it's time for supper.

A young boy helps his mother prepare a soup the whole family will enjoy using ingredients from Mother Earth. Onions are ""yellow as the dawn,"" beans are like stars spread out on the ""sky of the table"" and the water in the pot is ""as deep as a little lake."" While the soup is cooking, the boy buries the cooking scraps under a tree in the yard ""so Mother Earth keeps on growing flavors.""

Simply written, yet full of vivid imagery, Jorge Argueta's verse and Rafael Yockteng's animated illustrations make preparing bean soup a fun, almost magical experience. This book is a great family recipe/poem for those who already love bean soup - it is a comfort food for many - and for those who are looking for a delicious new healthy food.

Key Text Features recipe procedural text

Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.4 Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.5 Recognize common types of texts (e.g., storybooks, poems).

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.4 Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song."

By: Jorge Argueta
Illustrated by: Rafael Yockteng
Imprint: Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada
Country of Publication: Canada
Edition: First Trade Paper Edition
Dimensions: Height: 266mm, Width: 184mm, Spine: 2mm
Weight: 122g
ISBN: 9781773060026
ISBN 10: 1773060023
Series: Bilingual Cooking Poems
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 20 June 2017
Recommended Age: From 4 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Jorge Argueta is an award-winning author of picture books and poetry for young children. He has won the International Latino Book Award, the Amricas Book Award, the NAPPA Gold Award and the Independent Publisher Book Award for Multicultural Fiction for Juveniles. His books have also been named to the Amricas Award Commended List, the USBBY Outstanding International Books Honor List, Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Books and the Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices. A native Salvadoran and Pipil Nahua Indian, Jorge spent much of his life in rural El Salvador. He now lives in San Francisco, California. Rafael Yockteng has illustrated many highly acclaimed children's books, including Sopa de frijoles / Bean Soup by Jorge Argueta (USBBY Outstanding International Books), and Jimmy the Greatest! (six starred reviews) and Two White Rabbits, available in Spanish as Dos conejos blancos(three starred reviews) by Jairo Buitrago. Rafael and Jairo won the ""A la Orilla del Viento"" contest for the Spanish edition of Walk with Me, which was also named to IBBY's Honour List. Their books have appeared on ""Los mejores libros del ao"" (Venezuela's Banco del Libro), Kirkus Best Books and the Horn Book Fanfare. Rafael lives in Colombia."

Reviews for Sopa de frijoles / Bean Soup: Un poema para cocinar / A Cooking Poem

USBBY Outstanding International Books Honor List Argueta's lyrical Spanish translated into its counterpart English is filled with visual and aromatic imagery that turns soup-making into art. -- Kirkus Reviews The earthy tones in the soft watercolor illustrations are pleasing to viewers...Kids will enjoy hearing the story read... -- School Library Journal Reinforcing the strong connection between cooking and poetry, Argueta combines the two in a bilingual free-verse recipe for 'una sabrosa sopita de frijoles, ' or 'yummy bean soup'...Both versions have an easy flow that positively bubbles with the young chef's elemental delight. -- Booklist