Melissa Iwai has illustrated many children's books, including Toolbox Twins, B Is for Bulldozer, and Good Night Engines. Soup Day is the first book she has both written and illustrated. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and young son, Jamie (who loves to cook with his mom!).

"I loved this book! If only it had been around when my daughter Melissa was little, maybe I would have made something for dinner other than reservations!" --Joan Rivers

"Iwai's writing debut beautifully depicts the loving relationship between a mother and daughter... Ordinariness made extraordinary." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"A perfect meal and a perfect book." --School Library Journal

"Idyllic and cozy with colorful, textured illustrations, the book also offers a perfect recipe for tiny hands." --Associated Press

"The brightly colored illustrations--combining acrylics, fabric and paper collage, and digital elements--offer plenty of familiar elements for young children to identify and new ones to explore, such as six kinds of pasta pictured on one page. Satisfying for reading aloud." --Booklist

Publisher: Square Fish

Pub date: 2023-07-04

Length: 32 pages