Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
Singer-songwriter Workman uses the title track from a 2001 EP as the foundation for his first children's book, a beguiling story of people coming together one winter night. It's also a notable debut for Eckwall, whose delicate paintings transport readers to a remote cottage shared by a gray-haired woman and a boy. Together, they prepare a meal ("You stir a moment while I put more wood in the stove./ Let's make some soup 'cause the weather is turning cold") before a diverse array of guests arrive, including a brown-skinned family of four and a redheaded girl who rides up on a wolf, tilting an already-magical setting into something even more fantastical. Ages 3-7. (Sept.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Review by Horn Book Review
Let's make some soup 'cause the weather is turning cold. / Let's stir it together til we're both gray and old." Eckwall's cozy illustrations in watercolor, gouache, and ink show a boy and his grandmother making soup at her house one snowy night before their friends arrive. The text comes from lyrics to a song by Workman, and its repetitions make for clumsy reading. (c) Copyright 2017. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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