Plastic Soup

Judith Koppens has been an author and illustrator for many years. Children are her most important source of inspiration. Their enthusiasm and honesty are always part of her work. Judith lives in the Netherlands and works as a teacher at an elementary school.Andy Engel has been professionally occupied with climate adaptation and sustainability for years. His knowledge and experience made him realize that change is needed to improve our quality of life. It is better to start with that message early, he says, because ‘children are the adults of the tomorrow’. From that conviction, Andy writes playful children’s books together with Judith Koppens. In this way he wants to show them that children can change something big by doing something small and easy.Nynke Mare Talsma was in born in Delfzijl (the Netherlands) in 1975. She studied at the Art Academy in Kampen with specialisation ‘children’s book illustration’ Since 1999 she works as an illustrator of children’s books and educational books. In her work she often uses aquarel, pen and ink, pencil, acrylic paint and sometimes self-made stamps. Together with her husband, and two children, she lives in the neighbourhood of Apeldoorn.

"This was a cute book with great illustrations highlighting the plastic pollution in the ocean. They talk about reusing plastic and even reuse the plastic bags as kites, but it would have been nice to see more conversations/actions regarding the other R’s. Great starter book to have the pollution conversation with children at an early age. " - Bookseller at Indigo Books and Music"I enjoyed this book. I think that it simply presented the problem of the amount of plastic that our country consumes and the reason why it is a problem (because it ends up in the oceans. I think that the illustrations are wonderful and it is a great visual presentation of the plastic problem. The introduction to all the characters int he beginning of the book was adorable, I think it is a great way for the kids to relate to which character they may be. I think that this would be a great book to read out loud to a class." - VIPKID"A group of animal friends discover that much of the plastic we use ends up cluttering the ocean. (Plastic Soup, get it?) They discuss it simply enough for children to grasp and then share some creative ways to reuse trash and to limit our use of plastics. A simple but cute informative story." - Richmond Public Library