Reviews

Plastic Soup by Judith Koppens, Andy Engel

gothai's review

3.0

It is a good book about ocean pollution. A group of friends go the beach and they learn that the ocean is filled with plastic waste. It also tells that plastic can be reused. The illustrations are cute.
Thanks to netgally and the publisher for the eARC

mltd54's review

5.0

This was a sweet book to help introduce kids to recycling and the negative effects of littering. The colors were bright and happy and there was an activity at the end of the book. The topic was a heavy topic (pollution, littering, what can happen to animals who ingest litter, reusing/recycling) but was presented in a very kid-friendly way and allowed for some great discussions in our house!

I do think there were one too many characters/animals BUT I also think that's a way to teach diversity to kids. :)

bookiebuck's review

4.0

Simple story with cute characters about water pollution. This would be a great addition to earth day or an ocean theme in the classroom. Really enjoyed the DIY taught by one of the characters at the end.

graypeape's review

4.0

A group of animal friends go to the beach and discover the water is polluted with plastic trash. One of them, who has been reading a magazine article about this issue, tells the others how plastic trash is ending up in the ocean through polluted rivers, streams, and other waterways, about the dangers to wildlife in the waters and surrounding areas, and they discuss what they can do to help fix the problem. They discuss reducing the amount of disposable plastic products they use, and reusing disposable plastic products- they make kites from the plastic bags they used to bring their food and other items in. So they hit the points of reduce and reuse, though they miss out on recycle- there could easily have been a bin for plastic bottles on the beach by adding one more picture spread. Overall, however, this quick story serves to start the conversation about becoming more environmentally responsible, and even offers a craft project at the back to decorate a reusable canvas bag for shopping. A good start for littles!

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readingwithsammi's review

4.0

Seven adorable animal friends just hanging out on the beach until they realize plastic pollution is taking over. Then they set off on a mission to clean it up by reducing, reusing and recycling!

Adorable art work, great moral - animals + environmentalism I'm 100% here for it and love to teach it to kids starting at a young age.

Cover: 5/5 - obviously.
Audience: Children, Young readers
Beach, animals, environment
Loved it! Read this to your kids!
4.5/5

* I received a free copy in exchange for an honest review*

smorrison4's review

4.0

I requested and received an e-ARC of this book from NetGalley and Clavis Publishing in exchange for an honest review.

This was a cute book with great illustrations highlighting the plastic pollution in the ocean. They talk about reusing plastic and even reuse the plastic bags as kites, but it would have been nice to see more conversations/actions regarding the other R’s. Great starter book to have the pollution conversation with children at an early age.

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little_red_r's review

5.0

I knew I would lve this book from the very title. I'll definitely buy physical copy for myself and to give. This little book is so important to raise awareness from a very yooung age because there is no age to take care of the planet. It's everyone's responsability.
Plastic soup shows perfectly to kid how the use of the plastic is not good for the earth and especially for the animal in a very interesting way! I would 100% recommand it!

etienne02's review

3.0

I respect and love the ecological message of this book. But as a literacy work, as a book for children, this isn't a really fun book, the story isn't really good and I think that with a good story the message would have stick with the reader way longer after reading it.

a_robin_reads's review

4.0

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Information:

• Netgalley ARC ebook
• Feelgoodathon: a book you picked up because you loved the cover 
• Magical readathon: read a book that has illustration 

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Review:

I got this from Netgalley, so thanks to them for this book.

I read this for the Feelgoodathon for the prompt: a book you picked up because you loved the cover

I read this also for the Magical readathon NEWTs 2018 for Herbology for E: read a book that has illustrations

This was a very nice and cute picture book. The story was simple, but very efficient. The message is a good one and very important for children to learn. The drawings were also very good with nice colours.

What I missed in this book were more tips to not use so much plastic. I myself find it difficult not to do that, so it would be nice if there were some extra tips in there, not only the plastic bag one.

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Review previously placed on my blog:

I have read Plastic soup by Judith Koppens. I read this for the Feelgoodathon for the prompt: a book you picked up because you loved the cover. I read this also for the Magical readathon NEWTs 2018 for Herbology for E: read a book that has illustration. I got this book from Netgalley, so thanks to them.

I really liked this little picture book. The art was very cute. I think this story had a very good message for children and I love that about it. I would have liked to see more tips on how to not use a lot of plastic, because saying that you have to try and use it less is nice, but tips are very welcome. So overall a very nice little book and I gave it 4 stars. 

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librarianryan's review

3.0

I like the idea behind this book, but I don’t think the story is successful. A group of animal friends go for a day at the beach but find plastic in the ocean. They share a book and learn how all this plastic is causing other animals harm. They don’t want to eat or swim in plastic soup but want to fly a kite. The kite is broken so they turn their plastic bags into kites. The story is cute, and includes instructions on how to decorate your own canvas bags at the end, but I wish that had been part of the story instead. To end with flying plastic bag kites don't really teach kids how to use less plastic. So for this reader the lesson is lost.