Mean Soup

Everitt, B. (1992). Mean Soup. Orlando, Florida: Harcourt Brace & Company  

Fiction

An AIGA Annual Book

A Young Hoosier Book Award Winner

Winner fo the Fiera di Bolgna Graphics Prize for Children and Young Adults

This book is about a boy named Horace. This child is having a very bad day and he feels very mean. He doesn't want to talk to anyone and is not using his manners to adults. When he gets home from riding with Miss Pearl, his mom suggests that they make soup. His mother feels the pot with water and sets it on the stove. She puts salt in the soup and the mother screams into the pot. Horace had a turn where he stood and screamed in the pot. They called this the mean soup.  

I would use this book in my classroom to show students that everyone has a bad day. You can deal with bad days in a responsible manner, instead of making wrong decisions. There are creative ways to deal with bad days. This book will show students that everyone has a bad day and everything will get better.