A review by librarianryan
Plastic Soup by Judith Koppens, Andy Engel

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.