Have you Slurped Strawberry Soup?

The verse text sings on the theme of “Have you dreamed upon a star?” Huge impact from Vian Oelofsen’s spacious artwork. He uses simple, articulate, whimsical style, matching the rhythmic contrasts suggested by the text and using most effective dark/light pages. A strawberry-hatted girl and a small dragon are the main characters of this Read-it-again and Let-me-look-at-it-again picture book. A recipe for strawberry soup is provided.

By Nicole Levin