Supă de poveste, cu legume

In grandmother's big pot, the vegetables know one another. The carrot tells the onion that this year it grew beside a warm stone. The potato remembers how, when it was little, it was hidden by a mouse. The dill tells of the wind that taught it to be sharp.

And as the soup simmers, all the stories blend into a single one — the taste of the meal to come. The book shows the child that vegetables aren't obstacles at the table, but characters. That what you eat has a history. And that if you listen to it, eating becomes something else.

A parent who reads this book might discover that, at the very next meal, the child wants to know the story of each vegetable. And that's the loveliest side effect a book can have.