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SOUPER BLOG HOP featuring Pea Soup Disaster #kidlit #picturebook

Prompt: Share your favorite soup recipe.

Tell us about a soup you love. Even if your favorite soup is from a can, that works! Take a picture of it (the can or the soup in a bowl) for your post. Easy peasy.

Aside from being thrilled to see such a cute book being released, I was so excited when I saw this hop because it’s all about soup. Now, I’m not crazy about soup or anything, but sometimes a good soup is the best thing in the world. Plus, I just so happen to have a pea soup recipe to share. It’s not a pretty soup and it always leaves my kitchen in a mess, but it’s hearty and delicious. I give you Abraham’s 3 Pea-Green Soup, created for and inspired by a character from my Eternal Curse Series.

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BLURB:
Gregory Green loves his mom’s pea soup, but when he eats it at school, all of his friends make fun of how it looks. He doesn’t think it looks like bugs, and it tastes good! Then at recess, his friends run from him, screaming, “He’s a monster!” Gregory doesn’t know why his friends are being mean until he sees his skin is green. The teasing gets worse until an unlikely friend comes to the rescue—his teddy bear, Sammy. Sammy usually only comes to life for Gregory and his family, but Sammy has an important lesson to teach Gregory and his classmates.

Available in Print: AMAZON| See my review here.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Elaine Kaye got the idea for Pea Soup Disaster from her son who loved to eat her homemade pea soup. Pea Soup Disaster is the first of many fun stories featuring Gregory Green and his teddy bear, Sammy, as part of the Gregory Green Adventure series.

Kaye has worked as a library assistant and teacher’s assistant in elementary schools in the Sunshine State. She currently lives in Florida, but she has called Michigan; Honolulu, Hawaii; and Okinawa, Japan home. She is a grandmother of three boys.

Find Elaine: Website| Instagram | Litsy – @ElaineKaye | Goodreads | Amazon

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Term of the day: curse: misfortune or doom; acts or words applied to bring forth misfortune or doom.

Thoughts:

I often wonder if a name can be a curse. Just as I mentioned yesterday, while some names seem to draw others in, some names seem to push them away. Like Chester for instance; I’m sure there was once a time when Chester was an average name, but now it seems as though people try to stay away from it. As if having that name somehow makes you a creepy or sleazy person. I don’t think that’s fair to all the kindhearted and average guys out there who just happened to be name Chester. And what about Lolita? Does she always have to be young vixen? What happens when she grows up? I could go on, but I think you get the point.

Name of the day: Leonardo.

Breakdown and meaning:

While I’m not talking about an artist/inventor or a reptilian ninja, Leonardo is an important character. He’s part of my Eternal Curse Series and his name suits him well. The name, derived from Latin, means “lion”, “loyal”, and “bold” with both Italian and Spanish origins. In my first book Leonardo, aka Leo, is a supportive character, but his influence will be shared with other volumes in the series.

Well, that’s it for Day 9. See you tomorrow.

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Outside of my own personal search throughout the years, basic meanings and definitions of the terms used here can be found at the following websites: http://www.meaning-of-names.com/, Google search http://en.wikipedia.org/, and http://dictionary.reference.com/.

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