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conversations.value: Do you know a description for a book titled Perfect Soup about Murray, Library, PreS-Gr with the genre: Children's Books, Growing Up & Facts of Life? Start with the sentence 'PreS-Gr 2Between the carrot-covered endpapers, Murray, a bit of a perfectionist, is getting ready to make soup'.
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conversations.value: PreS-Gr 2Between the carrot-covered endpapers, Murray, a bit of a perfectionist, is getting ready to make soup. When the mouse discovers he is out of carrots, he bundles up and runs through the snow to ask the farmer for the missing veggie. Farmer agrees if, in return, Murray hauls some logs. So begins a frantic chase as the mouse goes from Horse to Shopkeeper to Miller's Boy to a knitting neighbor as each agrees to help in some way in return for something else. As Murray frantically goes from place to place, he runs by a snowman (sharp-eyed readers will notice the missing nose) who keeps inviting him to play. But Murray was in a hurry and too busy to respond. Finally, frustrated in his carrot quest, the despondent mouse gets a scoop of snow from the snowman to cool the knitter's hot drinkand nothing is asked in return. This results in each neighbor giving the mouse what he wants until he receives a carrot that doesn't end up in the soup but as a gift to his new friend. The rhythmic text is coupled with snow-filled scenes from varying perspectives full of delightful details: the knitter's house is shaped like a tea cozy, Murray's stocking cap reflects his mood, the shopkeeper's eyebrows are curly. Libraries looking for books on friendship and perseverance with a dash of snow and soup mixed in will want to consider this title.Marge Loch-Wouters, La Crosse Public Library, WI(c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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conversations.value: Do you know the first five paragraphs for this book?
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conversations.value: Perfect Soup
  Summary: Murray the mouse goes into town for the carrot he needs to make , and soon finds himself with a chain of favors that will work only if a friendly snowman can help him get things started.
  Murray dashed around the kitchen and opened all the cupboards. "No carrot," moaned Murray. He put on his mittens and went outside.
  Farmer leaned on his pitchfork. "I reckon I'd give you a carrot if you hauled some logs from the timber. I need wood to build a barn."
  Murray scurried through the meadow. Snowman smiled at him, but Murray didn't have time to stop. Murray was in a hurry.
  Horse shook her mane and whinnied. "I'll caaarrry those logs if you give me jingle bells. I want to be faaancy like the town horses."
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conversations.value: Do you know five more paragraphs?
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conversations.value: Murray dashed around the kitchen and opened all the cupboards. "No carrot," moaned Murray. He put on his mittens and went outside.
  Farmer leaned on his pitchfork. "I reckon I'd give you a carrot if you hauled some logs from the timber. I need wood to build a barn."
  Murray scurried through the meadow. Snowman smiled at him, but Murray didn't have time to stop. Murray was in a hurry.
  Horse shook her mane and whinnied. "I'll caaarrry those logs if you give me jingle bells. I want to be faaancy like the town horses."
  Murray bit his lip. had potatoes, tomatoes, corn and carrot. "I think I can get some jingle bells," said Murray.
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conversations.value: Reverse the sentences.
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conversations.value: "I think I can get some jingle bells," said Murray.. had potatoes, tomatoes, corn and carrot."
  Murray bit his lip. I want to be faaancy like the town horses. "I'll caaarrry those logs if you give me jingle bells.
  Horse shook her mane and whinnied. Murray was in a hurry. Snowman smiled at him, but Murray didn't have time to stop."
  Murray scurried through the meadow. I need wood to build a barn. "I reckon I'd give you a carrot if you hauled some logs from the timber.
  Farmer leaned on his pitchfork. He put on his mittens and went outside. "No carrot," moaned Murray.Murray dashed around the kitchen and opened all the cupboards
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conversations.value: Miller's Boy poked a finger through a hole in his mitten. "I would shovel a walk if I had new mittens."
  Murray flopped in the snow. He needed that carrot. If he didn't have the carrot, his soup wouldn't be perfect. "There's a teeny-weeny chance I could get a pair of mittens."
  Mrs. Wooley shook her finger at Murray. "Accchhh! Such a bad, bad day. My yarn is a jumble. My cocoa just burned my tongue. I will not knit mittens on this bad, bad day." And with that, she slammed the door on Murray.
  Murray looked around. He saw Snowman. "Cocoa burned Mrs. Wooley's mouth. And I will never have ," Murray said with a sob.
  Mrs. Wooley took a long drink. "This is good cocoa. This is neat yarn. You have turned this into a good day to knit." She knitted a pair of mittens.