The animal friends go to the beach for a fun day in the sun. While swimming two of them get covered in trash that is floating in the ocean. When they go back to tell their friends, the group discusses the problems with pollution and the possibility of recycling as a way to lessen the problem. They all end up making kites to fly from the refuse they find. There is a project at the end that explains to readers how to make their own decorative grocery bag so they don't need to use plastic bags from the store.

I loved this cute read. I loved the simple way the book talked about reusing and ocean pollution. 4yo munchkin loved that they reused their plastics.

This was a cute childrens book, and such a good way to teach kids about water pollution. I loved the message and I loved the cute illustrations. Thank you netgalley for sending me an e copy for an honest review

Plastic Soup is a delightful book with a simple message and easy corresponding activity. I could easily envision this book being used in conjunction with Earth Day activities in a preschool or kindergarten classroom.

Koppens and Engel did an excellent job developing a storyline to depict the plastic pollution crisis in our oceans and other bodies of water for early readers. The dialogue is engaging and appropriate for all ages. My only criticism...This book left me wanting more information on creating a plastic bag kite and a few basic statistics on the long term effects of plastic pollution.

No one wants to eat plastic soup, gross, and no one wants to swim in it, either. When a group of friends head to the beach for a fun day in the sun, Fox and Frog dip into the ocean only to find plastic bags and bottles all around them. When they share their finds with their friends, they learn that most of the plastic we throw away ends up in the ocean, which isn’t good for the animals who live there. Instead of throwing away their plastic bags, they reuse them and make them into kites, and for carrying things, they have reusable, cotton bags instead.

This cute little book packs a big message about our environment and some small but important steps we can take to protect it, mainly stopping our use of single-use plastics as much as possible. Reuse where you can, and prevent use in the first place if possible, especially in the form of bags, by decorating and using reusable cotton bags. There’s even a quick, easy craft in the back of the book that your kids can follow to decorate their own reusable shopping bag.

I appreciated the message in this book, and the setting is perfect for summer time. This one’s out in July, so keep an eye out for it at your local book store or library to add to your kids’ beach reading collection this summer.

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.

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

A sweet and accessible introduction to the issue of plastic pollution for children. The artwork adds extra details that can lead to talking points between children and parents / educators. The book offers limited solutions for tackling the issue but that also means that it accessible to all readers regardless of the social and economic barriers to specific actions.

I enjoyed this book. I think that it simply presented the problem of the amount of plastic that our country consumes and the reason why it is a problem (because it ends up in the oceans. I think that the illustrations are wonderful and it is a great visual presentation of the plastic problem. The introduction to all the characters int he beginning of the book was adorable, I think it is a great way for the kids to relate to which character they may be. I think that this would be a great book to read out loud to a class.

A short tale of animals finding all the plastic in their environment, and how it makes them feel.

This is told in quick and simple fashion, and can foster longer conversations and ongoing recognition of finding trash and finding (SAFE!) ways to pick it up before leaving a place, and learning not to litter and to secure trash from blowing away into the environment.

Recommended for little ones, and we need more stories on this subject done in captivating ways.

17 pages, so for our youngest little ones, and 5 stars for that age group,

Thank you to NetGalley and to Clavis Publishing for an ARC for review. Honest opinion given.

Thank you for the opportunity to read and review this title.

I absolutely love the idea of this book - teaching kids to take care of the ocean. The illustrations are definitely geared toward younger children but the text is boring and just not attention grabbing enough for this age group.

I had high hope for this story. I love the message, but the story wasn't fun at all and the illustrations lacked detail. I also felt like there were too many characters. The message could have been executed with just two or three characters. I did like the reusable bag activity at the end of the book, but overall, I was disappointed. I really appreciate the sentiment and the author's intention, but this is not a book my kids would ask me to read more than once.

The story is a great one to share with families and groups. It would be great for classroom sharing.
It's a very basic way to introduce recycling. Kids will be able to relate to the characters. Everyone is going to want to get a plastic bag!

I had a lot of trouble reading the book on my Kindle the pages were all messed up and I couldn't read the story in order. The message and illustrations appeared to be cute, The message is good and important but the story isn't that interesting.

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CUTE story to educate children about plastic in the ocean. Loved all the bright colors and easy lesson it taught. It was a little beard to read because of you it downloaded.

A group of friends go to the beach one day and discover plastic in the ocean. These creative kids make a plan to reuse the plastic so it doesn't clutter the ocean. This story is great to teach children about recycling while keeping a cheery disposition.

This was a sweet and simple story aimed at educating children on plastic pollution in our oceans and why it's important to reduce plastic use and to recycle. I loved that it covers such an important topic but does it in a way that entertains and educates without preaching.

The book contains a valuable lesson for all ages but is probably aimed at 3-7 year olds.

Reading this book right now is kind of depressing. It's a story about a group of friends who go to the beach and find a lot of plastic floating in the water. The moral of the story is to avoid using plastic, reuse it if you can't, and choose less wasteful options.

At the moment, though, all of that has gone out the window. Everyone's so afraid of a virus that plastic use has soared, wiping out all the progress we might have made in that area. Reusable bags are banned at the grocery store; you have to get a new one every time. For this reason, I wouldn't recommend this book right now. It's liable to be confusing to kids, who are going to get one message from the book and the opposite message from the world.

Aside from that, it's not a bad story. The illustrations are okay. The translation is a little clunky, though, and the layout of the words on the page makes it difficult to tell who's speaking at times. (There's also a character nodding their speech, so I took points off for that.)

Overall, this is a decent book... but not one that's suitable for the current moment.

I really love the idea behind this book. Teaching young children about the impact we have on our planet and a simple way to help is important. The artwork is very well done, but the story isn't very fun to read and my 5 year old said it was boring.

I downloaded it on my kindle and oh my it was hard to read thus the three stars. Multiple pages of the book were all in one page. The colors are vibrant though and the drawings are great. This is a good story for kids and the importance of keeping our environment, sea life in particular, safe.