It probably does not surprise you to hear that this monster loving mama loves Halloween, not the cheese that is entailed in plastic pumpkins and made in china costumes. Nope- harvest and falling leaves, hot cider and ghost stories, and stories, stories, stories, stories!
So from here until the 31st, my crew and I will be reviewing some of our favorite reads for this time of the year. Some new, some old, and some vintage. Sit back and join me with a hot cup of cider won't you?
To start things off- this is a book that is so fun because it is all halloweenie and also combines a food element which is always a fun way to integrate stories and books into you home learning.
Bone Soup is a play on the classic Stone Soup. We love Finnigan- a portly skeleton that sends the town to fright with his eating stool, his eating spoon, and oh yes his big eating mouth. I found the illustrations whimsical and ever so slightly strange, afterall how often do you find a fat skeleton? As you can imagine he is clever in getting the towns witches, monsters, zombies, and mummies to contribute the tasty eyeballs, bat wings, frog legs etc into the soup.
This has become a favorite at our house and a spur for making mock "bone" soup, though you certainly could make up a tasty soup from a good soup bone. In our case we opted for vege soup and bone bread (yes I did cheat with Pillsbury breadstick dough from the fridge section). Side note- I did have grilled marrow prepared for me this summer by my chef sis in NYC and it was amazing! Looked gross but so so tasty!
Warm tummies full of soup, bread and thoughts of Finnigan in our heads started off our week just right! Maybe just one special Finnigan in the shop with a pint size eating spoon!
