Central Kansas Library System

As Mouse prepares soup to keep herself warm on a snowy autumn day, her forest friends arrive, hoping to share.

Mr. Putter and Tabby go to their neighbor's house to make soup, but Zeke the dog makes it very difficult for them.

"Three monks, Hok, Lok, and Siew, journey along a mountain road trying to understand what makes one happy. At once the monks encounter frightened villagers who lock their windows and darken their homes. The villagers have long been ravaged by harsh times, and their hearts have grown hard toward everyone they meet. But when the monks cleverly entice them to make soup from stones, the villagers discover how much they each have give, and how much more...

The farmer's wife cooks seven different lentil soups on seven different days before she discovers her mother-in-law's secret ingredient.

A father and child grow vegetables and then make them into a soup.

To deliver her mother's delicious soup to her sick Granny Oak, Evergreen the squirrel must face her fears and make the journey, during which she meets other forest dwellers, including some who want to get their hands on her soup!