Picture Books — Review
 Boy
Soup
by Loris Lesynski
illustrated by
Michael Martchenko
Annick Press, 2008
ISBN 978-1-55451-142-6 (pb)
ISBN 978-1-55451-143-3 (hc)
$6.95 (pb) / $18.95 (hc)
32 pp, colour illustrations
ages 4 –7
www.annickpress.com
First published in 1996, this delightfully silly but suspenseful
tale has been re-released with new illustrations by Michael Marchenko
(well known for his work with Robert Munsch titles). The story
has young Kate outsmarting a giant who scoops up a bunch of boys—getting
Kate in the bunch—to make Boy Soup to cure his horrible cold. His
Giants Home Medical Guide prescribes the soup, and despite feeling
a tad guilty, he decides that the remedy would be justified since
he is feeling so awful. Kate’s quick thinking convinces him that
the soup should be made by boys not with boys as ingredients, and
the day is saved. The lovely ending has the giant admitting his
mistake in thinking that it was OK to eat boys, and thanking Kate
for tricking him. Lesynki’s clever rhyming text and Martchenko’s
masterful illustrations combine to make this a wonderful new picture
book, which will find appreciative fans among both teachers and
young readers.
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