Duck Soup

This week I stumbled upon the picture book "Duck Soup" written and illustrated by Jacki Urbanovic. It is about Maxwell Duck, a duck who loves to cook for his friends. On day Maxwell finally decides to create his own soup recipe. While making the soup he realizes that it is missing a hint of fresh chives from garden and leaves to retrieve some. His friends arrive and don't find Maxwell and assume he has fallen into the pot! They then dump out the soup and try to rescue him only to have to find out where Maxwell Duck had really been. Although Maxwell was saddened by the fact that his perfect soup was ruined he was just happy not to be duck soup. This book is a cute, funny and shows the importance of looking on the bright side. Recommend age group 4 to 8.