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Hot Soup, Cold Ice
First wordsAges 3–5

Hot Soup, Cold Ice

by ReadRead · 90 sec

The soup is hot. The ice cream is cold! A very first book for very new readers: one short sentence on every page, and the picture always shows the word, with curly steam for hot and icy sparkles for cold.

10pop-up spreads
18things to tap
2new words
Words in this book
hotcoldblowcreamnightsnowsnowmansoup
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Snow is falling outside the kitchen window, and Leo shivers: the snow is cold. Grandpa stirs a big pot of soup. The soup is hot, so Leo blows on his spoon. Then the ice cream comes out of the fridge. Cold, cold! Brr, brr! Grandpa’s tea is hot, the snowman outside is cold, and the toast pops up too hot to hold. At night, Leo and Grandpa eat hot soup together while the snow keeps falling.

Leo blows on a spoon of hot soup in the cozy kitchen in Hot Soup, Cold Ice.
Leo blows on a spoon of hot soup in the cozy kitchen in Hot Soup, Cold Ice.
Snow falls outside the kitchen window, and Leo and Mochi the cat look out.
Snow falls outside the kitchen window, and Leo and Mochi the cat look out.
Leo licks a cold pink ice cream and shivers: brr, brr!
Leo licks a cold pink ice cream and shivers: brr, brr!
At night, Leo and Grandpa eat hot soup under warm lamps.
At night, Leo and Grandpa eat hot soup under warm lamps.

The two new words

hot

Very warm, so warm you blow on it first. It comes up 8 times, and every time something on the page puffs curly steam: the soup pot, Leo’s spoon, Grandpa’s tea, the toast and the cocoa.

cold

Very cool, like snow and ice, so you shiver. It comes up 8 times: the snow, the ice cream, the snowman and the ice pop sparkle with icy frost, and Leo and Mochi the cat shiver.

Made for children just starting kindergarten. Each page has one short sentence (3 to 6 words) in one pattern: “The soup is hot.” / “The ice cream is cold.” Only one word changes, so a child can say the page with you by the third spread. Every other word is one a 4-year-old already knows, like soup, tea, toast, snow, ice cream and yum.

Questions to ask while you read

Pause after each spread and ask one question. There are no right answers; the point is to get your child talking.

  1. 1Look out of the window. What is falling? Is it hot or cold?
  2. 2What is in Grandpa’s big red pot? Can you see the steam?
  3. 3The soup is hot. Can you blow on it like Leo?
  4. 4What does Grandpa take out of the fridge?
  5. 5Leo is shivering. Can you shiver and say “Brr, brr!”?
  6. 6Grandpa’s tea is hot. What does he do before he drinks it?
  7. 7Who is outside the window? Is the snowman hot or cold?
  8. 8Pop! What jumped out of the toaster? Is it hot?
  9. 9Tap a treat. Is it hot or cold? Blow or shiver!
  10. 10It is night. What are Leo and Grandpa eating?

Tips for parents

  • First time: use Read to me and just enjoy the pictures together. It takes about a minute and a half.
  • Act the words: blow “whoo” on “hot”, hug yourself and shiver on “cold”.
  • Read it again and pause before the last word of each page, so your child can say “hot” or “cold”.
  • At snack time, ask “Hot or cold?” about real food and drinks, then find it in the book.
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