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Carrot Soup
Take one rabbit, patiently growing carrots. Add his friends -- Mole, Dog, Cat, Duck, and Pig. Mix all ingredients together for a superdelicious surprise!
But be John Segal's whimsical story and pictures will sneak into your heart, until nothing will satisfy you except more Carrot Soup .
But be John Segal's whimsical story and pictures will sneak into your heart, until nothing will satisfy you except more Carrot Soup .
32 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2006
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March 4, 2010
Incredibly cute! It's Spring, Rabbit's favourite season and he's very excited because it's time to plant his favourite vegetables. Carrots! Soon he'll be able to enjoy his favourite meal of carrot soup.
Rabbit plows and plants and waits and waits and waits until finally it's time to pick the carrots but when he sees his garden, there are no carrots! Rabbit then asks all his animal friends if they've seen his carrots and this is the best part because all of Rabbit's friends deny knowing where the carrots are, but you can see them hiding the carrots and sneakily taking the carrots away. They're hiding behind trees and wheeling the carrots away in wheelbarrows. Too funny.
Rabbit sadly heads home without the carrots for his soup but when he gets home, all his friends are there to surprise him with balloons and carrot soup!
Love the page that shows the different varieties of carrots and how they differ in shape and colour.
The illustrations are adorable, especially when the animals are hiding the carrots and trying to be sneaky about it.
There's a recipe for carrot soup included on the last page, which is great. The soup calls for chicken broth but that can easily be substituted with vegetable broth and voila, vegan soup!
Rabbit plows and plants and waits and waits and waits until finally it's time to pick the carrots but when he sees his garden, there are no carrots! Rabbit then asks all his animal friends if they've seen his carrots and this is the best part because all of Rabbit's friends deny knowing where the carrots are, but you can see them hiding the carrots and sneakily taking the carrots away. They're hiding behind trees and wheeling the carrots away in wheelbarrows. Too funny.
Rabbit sadly heads home without the carrots for his soup but when he gets home, all his friends are there to surprise him with balloons and carrot soup!
Love the page that shows the different varieties of carrots and how they differ in shape and colour.
The illustrations are adorable, especially when the animals are hiding the carrots and trying to be sneaky about it.
There's a recipe for carrot soup included on the last page, which is great. The soup calls for chicken broth but that can easily be substituted with vegetable broth and voila, vegan soup!
February 28, 2020
There are lots of animals in this book which is always fun. Rabbit cannot find his carrots and it turns out his friends took them to surprise him with carrot soup.
May 4, 2022
3 - 8 years
April 16, 2021
Gardening, rabbit, frustration - Poor rabbit. He has planted and tended his carrot patch and when he goes to harvest his carrots, they are gone! Has anyone seen rabbit's carrots? This is a book that I will use again.
The illustrations give a clue to the ending.
I also like the illustrations because they show different types of carrots, white, long, orange, round. Also in the back, they give a recipe for carrot soup.
Rabbit goes through the cycle of gardening which could lead to a child gaining background knowledge about how plants grow. Also, Rabbit uses tools which also is a STEAM topic.
The illustrations give a clue to the ending.
I also like the illustrations because they show different types of carrots, white, long, orange, round. Also in the back, they give a recipe for carrot soup.
Rabbit goes through the cycle of gardening which could lead to a child gaining background knowledge about how plants grow. Also, Rabbit uses tools which also is a STEAM topic.
October 1, 2019
Rabbit loves carrots and works hard to grow them. But, when harvest time comes they have all disappeared! I didn't particularly care for the ending, surely Rabbit was growing them to last more than just one night! But, the illustrations were fun and the kids at story time would probably enjoy the humor and clues found in the illustrations.
October 25, 2023
Simple and sweet story about a rabbit who plants carrots but later, when it comes time to harvest them and make his favorite soup, his carrots are gone! Where did they go? Who took them? You'll have to read the book and see. (Hint: the ending is a sweet surprise.)
Themes: carrots, rabbits, gardens, friendship, surprises
Ages: toddler-1st grade
Pub year: 2006
Themes: carrots, rabbits, gardens, friendship, surprises
Ages: toddler-1st grade
Pub year: 2006
February 5, 2021
Rabbit is dismayed when his carrot fields are empty just when he's ready to make carrot soup. He asks the other animals but they each blame another. Kids will enjoy "solving" the mystery by seeing what's going on in the background of the illustrations.
November 7, 2022
Huge hit for storytime! The children loved seeing the hints throughout the book and figuring out what happens next. It's a short and simple book, but it's cute and works well for an interactive reading experience.
October 8, 2024
This book was an encouraging story that valued friendship and surprises! It also showed hard work and being kind to others! I loved the story of this and what the overall meaning was. Super cute and loved all the amazing details!
May 15, 2017
More 3.75
May 22, 2019
Kids enjoyed this book, which is great for kids who love gardening and surprises.
October 22, 2019
Fun but stressful. I mean, the reader sees the story happening in the background but what if rabbit does not like surprises?
July 16, 2020
Storytime:
Veggies / Food
Spring
Gardening
Veggies / Food
Spring
Gardening
September 15, 2022
dialogic read-aloud book
September 15, 2022
A good, cute book option for dialogic reading!
March 26, 2025
HOlt-Delhi library PJ story time 03-26-2025
November 20, 2013
John Segal's text and wonderfully detailed illustrations work well to tell the story of a rabbit who's favorite food is carrot soup. The reader meets Mr. Rabbit while looking through seed catalogs, and there is a wonderful page of all sorts of carrots - very engaging to my story time audience. Mr. Rabbit plows, plants and waits for his carrots to be ready…but when harvest day arrives he finds that all the carrots have disappeared! As he tries to discover what happened, an alert reader can see the clues in the background, and figure out what happened to Mr. Rabbits carrots…and predict what the outcome might be. Great read aloud with loads of opportunities to engage a story time audience and have them interact with the story. Also contains Mr. Rabbits recipe for carrot soup - which looks good!
December 27, 2018
Rabbit plants a garden so he can make his favorite food, carrot soup! But when it's time to harvest his bounty, the carrots have disappeared. He asks his friends, "Have you seen my carrots?" Meanwhile, a parade of animals are visible in the background stealing the carrots. At the end, we find that Rabbit's friends have planned a surprise party for him, complete with a huge batch of carrot soup.
This was a great storytime pick. The animals in the background were, of course, suspicious and caught the children's attention right away. They spent the whole book pointing them out to me. "That cat is stealing the carrots!" Even though the sneaky friends are all carrying balloons and wearing party hats, the children were shocked when we got to the surprise party at the end! They never saw it coming. A very fun selection! Highly recommend.
This was a great storytime pick. The animals in the background were, of course, suspicious and caught the children's attention right away. They spent the whole book pointing them out to me. "That cat is stealing the carrots!" Even though the sneaky friends are all carrying balloons and wearing party hats, the children were shocked when we got to the surprise party at the end! They never saw it coming. A very fun selection! Highly recommend.
February 9, 2008
After working hard on his garden all spring and summer, Rabbit looks forward to harvest time when he can make soup, but every carrot disappears and Rabbit must find out who has taken them. Includes a recipe for carrot soup.
Audience: preschool 2-5
Reaction: In a storytime, this book got sort of a mixed review. I thought that the kids would love the idea of a surprise party, but in reading it, I didn’t point out too much of what was going on in the pictures behind the rabbit. That might have helped. After the storytime, a 4-year-old girl seemed unhappy that the rabbit had been tricked by his friends.
Audience: preschool 2-5
Reaction: In a storytime, this book got sort of a mixed review. I thought that the kids would love the idea of a surprise party, but in reading it, I didn’t point out too much of what was going on in the pictures behind the rabbit. That might have helped. After the storytime, a 4-year-old girl seemed unhappy that the rabbit had been tricked by his friends.
April 1, 2012
Rabbit plants all kinds of carrots. He plowed the field, planted the seeds, watered them, weeded the area, and waited for a long time.
This book is an easy book to get students the life cycle of carrots. It could be used in science to explain how carrots are grown and how this cycle is the way plants grow.
It can also be used as a math lesson because rabbit's friends made him carrot soup from all the carrots he grew. They used measuring cups to figure out exactly how much they needed from his carrot patch.
This book would be appropriate for Pre-k to First grade readers.
This book is an easy book to get students the life cycle of carrots. It could be used in science to explain how carrots are grown and how this cycle is the way plants grow.
It can also be used as a math lesson because rabbit's friends made him carrot soup from all the carrots he grew. They used measuring cups to figure out exactly how much they needed from his carrot patch.
This book would be appropriate for Pre-k to First grade readers.
October 7, 2012
Aurora Says:
Carrot Soup is about this bunny who grows carrots. Every time they start sprouting he digs them up and makes soup. But this year they sprouted and he ran to tell all his friends. No one was at their houses. When he went home he say no carrots. Then he went back to his friends houses to tell them that his carrots were gone. None of the friends knew where the carrots went. But the friends did know where they were because they were in their houses because they were going to cook carrot soup for him this year.
Carrot Soup is about this bunny who grows carrots. Every time they start sprouting he digs them up and makes soup. But this year they sprouted and he ran to tell all his friends. No one was at their houses. When he went home he say no carrots. Then he went back to his friends houses to tell them that his carrots were gone. None of the friends knew where the carrots went. But the friends did know where they were because they were in their houses because they were going to cook carrot soup for him this year.
March 20, 2015
Rabbit has been robbed!
After all his careful gardening, all his carrots have vanished!
He asks Mole, Dog, Cat, Duck, and Pig if they know anything about the theft. They all assure him they do not (though the pictures show another story).
Before the indignant reader can respond, Rabbit is surprised by his friends: They've harvested the carrots for Rabbit and have made soup for him (the recipe is at the back of the book!).
Delightful addition to friendship, cooking, and gardening units!
(...love the carrot soup-colored endpaper!)
Includes recipe for soup!
After all his careful gardening, all his carrots have vanished!
He asks Mole, Dog, Cat, Duck, and Pig if they know anything about the theft. They all assure him they do not (though the pictures show another story).
Before the indignant reader can respond, Rabbit is surprised by his friends: They've harvested the carrots for Rabbit and have made soup for him (the recipe is at the back of the book!).
Delightful addition to friendship, cooking, and gardening units!
(...love the carrot soup-colored endpaper!)
Includes recipe for soup!
March 27, 2010
Rabbit takes his carrot soup seriously! He starts in the spring by planting a variety of carrots (I love this part, children should learn that there are more than just 'plain' carrots out there- seriously try some purple dragons sometime!) By harvest time, however, all the carrots have disappeared. Observant listeners may notice some activity out of rabbit's view and get a sneak peak at the surprise ending.
December 3, 2021
Rabbit planted lots of carrots during the spring and spent a lot of time watering and weeding his garden. When he goes to pick the carrots out of the ground to make his favorite, carrot soup, there are no carrots! He asks Mole, Dog, Cat and Duck (Pig can't be found), but no one has seen his carrots. Heart broken, Rabbit heads home. However, when he gets home, there is a wonderful surprise waiting for him: his friends have made carrot soup for him!
A recipe for carrot soup is included.
A recipe for carrot soup is included.
October 8, 2012
such a cute story, rabbit can't find his carrots he has grown, he looks everywhere and asks every animal (while in the background it is obvious the animals are making off with his carrots, the question is why aren't they telling rabbit?) simple yet cute with a surprise at the end for rabbit, all his friends have made him his favorite carrot soup. I love reading this story especially in the fall when it feels like a good time for soup and vegetables!
June 15, 2008
Friendship and vegetables together in the same book? Brilliant. I give it this rating also because it lends itself amazingly well to a brilliant art project that I LOVE doing with my 2 and 3 year-olds. Nothing makes vegetables more enticing than creating "art versions" of them with dough and adding them to a bowl full of inedible, sticky, gummy gloop.
April 9, 2010
All rabbit wants is to make delicious Carrot Soup... so he sows, plants, waters, and waits for the carrots to grow. But, they mysteriously disappear and rabbit asks all his friends if they've seen them. What a surprise is awaiting rabbit!
Used for "It's Green and Leafy: Not trees...Vegetables!" storytime-April, 2010.
Used for "It's Green and Leafy: Not trees...Vegetables!" storytime-April, 2010.
October 14, 2010
Rabbit is mad for carrots, and he grows them in anticipation of the day when he will get to harvest his crop and make carrot soup. When the big day comes, all of his carrots are gone! He asks friend after friend, but all deny knowledge...but the mystery is revealed when his friends throw a surprise party for him featuring carrot soup as the main dish.
July 12, 2016
The illustrations are hip and cute, but the storyline isn't exactly original--there's a good chance well-versed youngsters won't find the "surprise" ending much of a surprise at all.
I personally didn't like that the recipe in the back of the book called for chicken broth, with no vegetable alternative mentioned. Aren't rabbits vegetarians?
I personally didn't like that the recipe in the back of the book called for chicken broth, with no vegetable alternative mentioned. Aren't rabbits vegetarians?
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