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‘Each month is gay, each season nice, when eating chicken soup with rice.’



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Maurice Sendak received the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are. In 1970 he received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for illustration, and he remains the only American ever awarded this honor. In 1983 Sendak received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the American Library Association, given in recognition of his entire body of work. He also received a 1996 National Medal of Arts in recognition of his contribution to the arts in America.
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  • Reading level: Ages 4-8
  • Paperback: 32 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins (March 15, 1991)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 006443253X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0064432535
  • Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 4.1 x 0.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 stars Read it once. Read it twice. Reading Chicken Soup With Rice, September 29, 2004
These days, when a person says, "chicken soup" they're probably going to follow up those words with, "for the soul" or maybe "for the teenaged soul". Didn't used to be that way. Why I can remember a time when if a person said, "chicken soup" those words were followed by an enthusiastic "with rice!". Such was the power of Maurice Sendak's catchy 1962 children's book. I am pleased to report that if you care to read this book again today, you will find it hasn't dimished a jot in terms of frolicksome fun. In this book we are led through a whirlwind chicken soup year with our host, a boy who bears no little resemblance to Sendak's other great rhyming tale "Pierre" (in looks if not demeanor). It's a catchy flouncy bouncy combo of soup and the people who love it so.

This is ostensibly a book meant to teach your children the different months of the year. Each month gets its own rhythmic poem and accompanying illustration. These are fairly simple pen and ink drawings with the occasional splash of blue (in varying shades), yellow, gray, and green. You may wonder how an author could ever hope to come up with twelve highly original soup-related poems. I mean, honestly, how much is there to say about even the fanciest soup, let alone chicken soup with rice? Quite a lot, as it happens. In the cold winter months soup is supped while sliding on ice, while celebrating the birthday of a snowman, and in a gusty gale as a whale. In the spring there's robin's nest soup, soup to cure drooping roses, and soup stolen by jealous March winds. Our hero postulates the potential joys that could come of being a cooking pot, stewing soup or (oddly enough) as "a baubled bangled Christmas tree".

Not to degrade the reading skills of parents everywhere, but I cannot recommend enough getting an audio version of this tale to accompany your child's reading. Though I am now a wise and cultured 26 year-old (the years have been kind to me in this, my old age) I can still remember the chicken soup with rice tune. Heck, I read this entire book recently and found I could do the song perfectly with each and every line. Now maybe you have your own particular chicken soup with rice song style that you're just loathe to give up. If so, fine. I understand why you might not want to taint your already existing chicken soup melody. But if you haven't found a jingle to accompany this book, get the audio version immediately, if not sooner. Until you can sing "Whoopy once, whoopy twice, whoopy chicken soup with rice" with the correct oomph, you're missing out.

I take my "Chicken Soup With Rice" readings seriously. This book was the "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" of its day, and still remains the catchiest method to teach kids the months of the year. It is also seriously in danger of being forgotten. So pull out your old accordion and strap on your dancing shoes. The time for yukkin' it up to a merry dance of poultry broth is here. It's Sendak at his finest.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Poems and pictures children really enjoy!, November 16, 1999
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I found this book to be once of the best childrens books I have ever read. The pictures portrayed the poems wonderfully. A great way to spend a rainy day with your child, or to teach kids months of the year. This book really lets your child use their imagination. You should try watching the video with them too so they can see the book come to life!
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I remember, December 29, 1999
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I remember being young, I don't know how old, but old enough to memorize every word. I had this Album, and wore out many a record needle listening to it. As I got to high school and attempted speech class, I knew there was one thing I knew backwards and forewards, chicken soup with rice, pick a ballad. And at auditions for plays or anything I needed to do, it was either johnny, the ballad of chicken soup, or Pierre. (I really didn't care which-inside joke to those who love pierre) anyway as I get older and see my friends have children and my relatives have children, I keep buying one book and tape over and over. This is one wonderful album which holds more treasures of memories than I can cram into any momorie book. and even to this day if you ask, I can still sing them all.
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5.0 out of 5 stars It's a great book!
I've always loved chicken soup and rice. My late great-grandmother, Ethel, always made me homemade chicken, chicken soup and rice. Read more
Published 27 days ago by Elizabeth H. Roessner

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Gift
This book was purchased as a birthday gift for a 4 year old boy. He squealed with delight and hugged it when told it was his to keep and he did not have to return it to the... Read more
Published 28 days ago by James L. Hammock

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is great!
My 7 year old daughter brought this book home from the school library. It was a little easy for her reading skills, but she loved it anyways. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars so fun to read
This is my grand daughter's and my favorite book to read. She is 4 and loves the rhythm of this cute story! I actually enjoy reading it over...and over....and over.....
Published 9 months ago by Her Royal Motherliness

5.0 out of 5 stars An annual favorite
I use this book every January with my music students. We read the book, analyze the rhymes and rhythms but most of all....we enjoy the song by Carole King. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Dawn Danowski

4.0 out of 5 stars Chicken Soup with Rice
A very entertaining rhyming story--cleaver and catchy.The illustrations are imaginative and fit right in. However, the paperback is somewhat small and flimsy. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Les Sinclair

4.0 out of 5 stars A classic
Get the movie or sound track and sing along with Carol King. This is great stuff, my whole extended family knows these songs by heart. Quality kids storytelling and music.
Published 18 months ago by Jason A. Teeple

4.0 out of 5 stars Love the book, miss the hard cover version
I grew up reading these Sendak books, and watching the Really Rosie movie that incorporates them, and love them. My son loves them too. Read more
Published on November 11, 2007 by Tracy

4.0 out of 5 stars chicken soup with rice months
This is a fun way for children to learn their months of the year! We will learn all of the poems throughout the school year. Read more
Published on October 4, 2007 by sally sue

5.0 out of 5 stars A Gem of a Book
This is a wonderful little book. I loved it 40 years ago and my twins love it now. They enjoy helping me finish each month by singing "... chicken soup with rice! Read more
Published on April 12, 2007 by R. J. Wells

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