I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. This story has a bit of a guessing game to it, so that does make it fun. It is a bit on the longer side and the lettering is very small.

I like the formulaic structure of this book. For each ingredient in the soup we get one genuine explanation and three obviously silly ones. The silliness will garner some laughs.

Lentil Soup was originally written in French, but I found the translation well done. This cute picture book features two brothers. When they sit down to eat some lentil soup, the younger one wants to know where it comes from. His older sibling gives him four multiple choice options. He then continues to ask questions as the soup is too hot to eat. He wants to know: What's in the soup? Where does it come from? How does it grow? Why is it called that? and so on. His brother continues answering his questions with other questions and multiple choice answers. Eventually, the younger brother comes up with his own wild answers to his own questions. I like that the story is full of information about where food comes from and how it grows. The multiple choice responses provide an interaction between the reader and listener. There was also a lot of humour in both the text and the illustrations. The illustrations are cute and fun. This book has a bit of a graphic novel set up with speech bubbles. This is a great example of childhood curiosity and how to learn by asking questions. When you finish the story, you can even make your own lentil soup using the recipe at the back of the book. This book is available in both French and English. My grandchildren are in French Immersion, so after reading the English Version to them, I would like to get a copy of the French one as well. The publisher provided me with a copy of this book upon request. The rating and opinions shared are my own.

Inquisitive kids will enjoy this story, and the guessing aspect is fun. However, I am not sure how well this will go down with an American audience as it uses the metric system and I do t think lentil soup is a common meal (at least in my corner of the US). It also seems overly long. Which, I sure, is metaphorical to how overly long inquisitive children’s questions can seem. Lol

This delightful picture book tells the story of two brothers. When they sit down to eat some lentil soup, the younger one wants to know where it comes from. His older sibling gives him four multiple choice options.

The soup is still too hot to eat so the little brother continues asking questions. He wants to know what's in the soup? Where does it come from? How does it grow? Why is is called that? His brother continues answering his queries - sometimes with more multiple choice answers and other times more directly. Eventually, the younger one starts answering them with his own wild surmises.

I like a lot about this book.

I like that it is full of information about where food comes from and how it grows. It is loaded with humour - both in the story and in the illustrations. The multiple choice responses provide an interactive quality for readers. To crown it all off, there is a recipe in the back matter.

I wish I knew more about Maurèen Poignonec's art. I love the gentle palette of pastel colours. Her cartoonish characters are adorable.

The book is available in both English and French so it's perfect for bilingual and French Canadian children. While you have to wait for October to read the English version, It was first published in French in March 2018. You might be able to find a copy of it now.

This is a really interesting, different way of explaining where something comes from. I'm not really sure I can sell the kids on lentil soup, but this book might be a good way of introducing them to lentils in a way that might get them willing to try lentils. The illustrations are lovely and seem perfect for the story.

A cute story that explains where everything in a lentil soup comes from. Sweet illustrations, lots of science information, and a familiar feeling for any parent that's had to answer endless questions. Though sweet, some parents may find reading this book to be a tad teadious.

When a younger brother's bowl of soup is too hot to eat, he starts peppering his brother with questions about what's in his bowl and where it all came from. His older brother, ever the good sport, answers by giving his brother four increasingly ridiculous choices for the answer. On and on this goes, each answer growing sillier and sillier as the older brother grows wearier and wearier of the questions until, at last, he finds himself sucked in and learning, too. A twist ending will leave kids laughing and parents rolling their eyes in appreciative recognition.
To say that Lentil Soup by Carole Tremblay and illustrated by Maurèen Poignonec is simultaneously charming and funny would be an understatement. Although I went into this book not quite knowing what to expect, I soon found myself laughing out loud. Parents will recognize the incessant questions kids can ask, while kids will learn all about what vegetables are and how they are grown, without ever realizing they are learning!
A must for any bookshelf, especially if your little one is particularly inquisitive.

Big brother is serving up some fantastic lentil soup but little brother hesitates to eat it because it's too hot. In the meantime while it's cooling down the little fellow fires tons of questions at his older sibling trying to have every ingredient included in the soup defined for him. Luckily big brother with patience and humour answers the barrage of queries presented.

The reader learns through jokes, riddles and puns all about lentils, tomatoes, salt, pepper and every other component that makes up the tasty soup. The author has included a child-friendly recipe at the end of the book so those sharing the story will be able to whip up a pot and try it themselves. What a great fun idea!

The illustrations are engaging and kid-friendly. Not only is the book informative but it is a call to action for kids to step into their own kitchen and become connoisseurs. The book encourages kids to consider where their food comes from and it promotes imaginative thinking which I think is a "souper" idea!

Lentil Soup is a cute story about asking lots of questions like all kids do. The story is well paced and the illustrations go along with the story. Both my daughter and I enjoyed the story.

i knew my 5.5 year old would love 'lentil soup' because she is curious and inquisitive like the youngest brother and i always want her to be celebrated for that (as hard as it is for mommy sometimes). she's also a newly self discovered vegetarian and we eat lentils quite frequently, so this made something familiar and simple, exciting.

it was packed with ample learning and opportunity for interaction and guessing. there was a good amount of silly (but not TOO silly) humour and sarcasm that had both my daughters (3 and 5.5) laughing. i also have to commend my read-aloud voice and rhythm for that haha.

we liked lentil soup and would definitely recommend for families who enjoy being in the kitchen and discussing food origins. i would prefer the characters to be represented as humans eating lentil soup vs personified animals. that would be my only personal suggestion for improvement.

Cute pictures but the story is long, not interesting, and some pretty poor word choices for children to understand.

This seems like a possible good choice for older picture book readers who are interested in gardening in general, and in growing the ingredients for lentil soup in particular. I wouldn't recommend it for a casual story time. It didn't keep my interest well, so I doubt it would keep the interest of small children. I would recommend it for a teaching situation.

What a great example of the curiosity of children! A simple bowl of lentil soup leads to lots of questions, lots of answers, and lots of information. The set up of the book is almost comic-like with lots of white space. There are also word bubbles. The illustrations are nice and detailed. We learn a lot about vegetables and how they grow. There is also a recipe for lentil soup at the end.

This cute picture book is perfect for inspiring curiosity about different foods and where they came from! The soft, simple art still had room for the little mouse and his brother's big imaginations, and this was a very sweet read. I loved the guessing portions, and both the reading experience and the child-friendly lentil soup recipe included will make for a fun time.

I liked the questioning aspect of this story. I don't think enough kids ask "Why?" anymore. However, this book promotes avoidance, which could be hit or miss with some kids. Overall, it was a cute story and I would try to avoid lentil soup too

This book didn't quite work for me...
The little brother, trying to get out of eating his soup, keeps asking his big brother questions about the various ingredients he sees in his bowl. The big brother in turn comes up with outlandish explanations in the style of 3 lies and one truth. The humor in this went above my 6 year old's head entirely, and it just left him confused.
Personally, little brother annoyed me in a way that reminded me of Caillou...

Such a sweet story and unique format that allows for you to play a guessing game with a child. I like that it promotes inquiry and imaginative thinking, and a great choice for any food or cooking loving-kid in your life.

In Lentil Soup, an inquisitive little brother asks a million questions about his uncle's soup before he will try it. The book is laid out in a creative and interesting way with each question having 4 answers. It's almost like you're reading a multiple choice test. I will say that after about the 3rd question this gets a bit monotonous but I feel like it would be fun on a first read with a child.

My kids absolutely LOVED this book!! My son, 6, retold the entire book to my husband and then wanted to read it again. He really wants to make the Lentil Soup recipe found in the back of the book, which is surprising, because he doesn’t like most of the ingredients. Hopefully this book helps make him less picky! 🤞🏻🤞🏻I loved how much it taught my kids, but it a fun way. It was a great book to snuggle up and read together. I highly recommend it!