Sopa de frijoles / Bean Soup

About This Book

This bilingual picture book celebrates family cooking through poetry. A young boy and his mother prepare bean soup together, with Argueta’s Spanish verse and its English translation bringing vivid sensory details to every ingredient and step. Rafael Yockteng’s warm, earthy illustrations show the journey from raw ingredients to a fragrant, family meal. For ages 5 to 8, it’s a book that brings recipe and poetry to the kitchen table.