Simon's soup Book

I'm so surprised I'd never heard of this book and that I've never seen it in any of my vegan catalogs that have vegan friendly books for children.

This book is designed for early readers but it can work as a read aloud book for pre-readers too.

Silly Tilly the mole is likely to appeal to children who very well may find her amusing, and there is humor in this book. I found myself getting impatient with Tilly so perhaps I wasn't in the best mood to read this book.

Tilly is planning to have her animal friends over for Thanksgiving dinner but various mishaps with recipes, invitations, and foggy glasses get in the way. Her friends end up showing up with dishes (a la potluck) that could all be construed as vegan. There is also a surprise guest who shows up at the end of the book with their food offering.

I wasn't that engaged at the beginning or in the middle of this story but it won me over by the end. It's definitely more interesting than some other early reader books and it's especially terrific for vegan and vegetarian children (or children who will be partaking of a vegetarian/vegan meal) at Thanksgiving time.