Mouse Soup
by Arnold Lobel
Early reader · ages 4–8 · grades K–3 · 380L · 64 pages · 2016
Why we'd hand it over
Lobel's tightest short story—a weasel captures a mouse for soup, and the mouse talks his way free through four increasingly absurd tales; kids giggle at the ridiculous stories-within-the-story, and adults appreciate the quiet cleverness.