Get Cozy With Some Soup

Warm picture books about soup to keep warm during the last months of winter.

Updated January 3, 2026
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Evergreen
Cordell, Matthew, 1975- author, illustrator.
Paper Book
Caldecott Medalist Matthew Cordell tackles how bravery grows in this award-winning story about a timid squirrel who makes a brave journey to help a relative who is ill. Evergreen the squirrel is afraid of many things: thunder, hawks, and the dark paths of Buckthorn Forest. But...
Every color soup
Hurley, Jorey, author, illustrator.
Paper Book
Purple, yellow, orange, and red. Just the right mix of colored vegetables make a delicious soup in this tasty introduction to colors, counting, and veggies. All you need is a pot, a spoon, an adult helper, and vegetables of many colors to make a very special soup--Every Color...
Freedom Soup
Charles, Tami
Paper Book
Join the celebration in the kitchen as a family makes their traditional New Year's soup -- and shares the story of how Haitian independence came to be. The shake-shake of maracas vibrates down to my toes. Ti Gran's feet tap-tap to the rhythm. ...
Growing vegetable soup
Ehlert, Lois
Paper Book
A bright and beautiful classic about the simple pleasures of gardening from bestselling and beloved Caldecott Honoree Lois Ehlert. Calling all budding gardeners! What would you like to grow today? Is it green beans, or peas? Corn or carrots? There's so much to learn in Lois Ehlert's...
Lentil soup
Tremblay, Carole, 1959- author.
Paper Book
Key Selling Points Includes a child-friendly recipe for lentil soup. Encourages an inquisitive mind and questions about what we eat and where foods come from. A number of delightful food puns and jokes will keep little readers giggling. Carol Tremblay is...
Mr. Lepron's mystery soup
Zoboli, Giovanna
Paper Book
A Mildred L. Batchelder Honor Book Stunning artwork from the acclaimed illustrator of The Midnight Fair illuminates a sweet cautionary tale about a rabbit whose fabled soup-making gets away from him. Mr. Lepron is a rabbit who lives in a...
A spoonful of frogs
Lyall, Casey
Paper Book
Frogs are the most important ingredient in a witch's favorite treat--but they are also the hardest to get into the cauldron! From acclaimed author Casey Lyall and Caldecott Honor artist Vera Brosgol, A Spoonful of Frogs is a humorous and wholly original picture book--and a...
There's a giraffe in my soup
Burach, Ross
Paper Book
Named one of the 10 Best Children's Books of 2016 by Parents Magazine What if you found a giraffe in your soup, an alligator in your entre , an elephant on the table, or even an ostrich in your dish? In this debut picture book from author-illustrator Ross...
Thukpa for all
Praba Ram
Paper Book
Tsering can't wait to taste his grandmother's delicious noodle soup. He invites a string of friends and neighbours home. But as preparations get underway, there is a power cut and the house is plunged into darkness. Will Abi be able to put together the much-anticipated thukpa? Told from a...

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