Joy the Jellyfish has a very serious problem. More than anything, he wants to make friends. But how on earth can he make friends when he's nearly invisible!
He tries to get the attention of the other Great Barrier Reef creatures--Amy Anemone, a school of sea horses, Gantian the Great White Shark, Bogart the Blowfish, Daphne the Dolphin--but because of his near-invisible nature, he's mostly ignored.
"My only wish is to have a friend," says Joy the Jellyfish. Then, as he keeps traveling deeper into the ocean, and the waters become icier and darker, he meets Bella Beluga the Whale, who teaches him the secret of friendship and how friendship itself has nothing to do with his nearly-invisible physical nature. Thanks to Bella, Joy learns how to overcome shyness and make friends. More confident, he swims back to the reef, this time powered with the knowledge of true friendship.
Joy the Jellyfish is a sweet story about friendship and about how to overcome shyness in order to make friends. The prose and dialogue are engaging and the brightly colored illustrations captivating. This is a book that will make a fine, delightful gift to any child, not only because of its beautiful artwork and engaging plot, but also because it teaches the different animals which inhabit the great barrier reefs. This book is the second collaboration between talented illustrator Kevin Scott Scollier and his author wife, Kristen. I hope this book will not be their last and I certainly look forward to more children's picture books from this winning team.
*****
JOY THE JELLYFISH
Written by Kristen Collier
Illustrated by Kevin Collier
Dragonfly Publishing
October 2007
24 pages
Paperback: $12.99
Hardcover: $25
JOY THE JELLYFISH
24 pages,
Written by Kristen Collier
Illustrated by Kevin Collier
Dragonfly Publishing,
October 2007
24 pages
Paperback: $12.99
Hardcover: $25
I just finished reading this truly delightful children's picture book about a little Jellyfish named Joy and her search for true friendship. I read it to my ten-year old daughter and she loved it and found the illustrations charming! You can always count on a child for an honest review :-)
I'll be posting my review in a few days, so stay tuned!
Best,
Mayra
So, in the end the chorizo and tomato soup was made, and at the request of Merisi, I hereby divulge the recipe - for that particular day's soup anyway - I make things up as I go along, so things change, especially as I don't measure. But this time, and with Merisi in mind, I made notes. It makes a lot of soup, enough for four probably but we are greedy. This soup was prepared about 4 hours before eating, but it would have been better made the day before.Things usually are.
I got together all these - 
Which are - 2x 400gms/14oz tins of cheap chopped tomatoes, 1x 500g/18oz box passata, 1x 225gm/8oz whole chorizo (or chunk of salami) one medium-large onion, 1x sweet red pepper (not shown), tomato puree, extra virgin olive oil, fresh or dried savoury herbs, two decent sized cloves of garlic, a chicken stock cube, sweet chilli sauce, HP/Brown sauce, paprika, chutney (optional).
IMPORTANT NOTE - you can't really go wrong with this. The measurements can be adjusted to taste, and the world won't stop turning if you use slightly different sized food containers, the ones I have here are standard for the UK. (Just make sure you use a decent olive oil, that's all).
Chop your onion how you like it.
Ditto the red pepper. Gently heat the olive oil (about two tablespoons or your own personal glug) until you can smell it, then add the onion and one teaspoon of paprika. Saute quietly until translucent, then add the pepper. While that is doing, take the skin off your salami if necessary - here I have scoured the casing vertically all the way along and peeled it back...
and then chopped into generous slices. Pop it in with the pepper and onion, and leave it to sweat its smoky, fatty goodness out, until it is moist and glistening.
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21 Comments on Spicy chorizo and tomato soup, last added: 7/12/2007
21 Comments on Spicy chorizo and tomato soup, last added: 7/12/2007
Wishing you a very Happy Birthday, G :D Can smell that delicious soup from here, and the bread looks fantastic :) xxx
Happy birthday! :-)
Thank you so much for the recipe. I love your personal touch, escpecially the peach chutney. Baking bread while the soup is simmering, you are wonder woman to me!
Your new header is really beautiful, so fitting, and I am glad your sweet rabbit has found a good home.
Have a wonderful day,
and thank you again,
Merisi
That sounds wonderful and I'm definitely up for trying it. Can smell it from here. Mmmm...
Yum!
Love the new banner! I'm still trying to figure out how to load one on my blog.
Today is your birthday? there seem to be many in the month of June. Well then I must first send you the happiest birthday wishes and may this year be success beyond your wildest dreams!!
As for the cooking, you astound me the way you can toss a bit of this and that and have a savory meal. AND look at that bread....my downfall in life is bread. Wait, I think I can actually smell its goodness.....how about a little butter and some tea. I'd gladly clean up afterwards!
XOXO
love and hugs,
Lisa
Today's your birthday? Well, Happy Birthday to You! The Rabbit illustration found a home? Wonderful! Your food looks tasty, I just may try it sometime this week! Bye for this time!
Happy Birthday from across the pond!
I think you should write a cookbook because it's great fun reading your recipe AND you made my mouth water too.
Happy Birthday Gretel, and my god that food looks wonderful!
Yum yum.
Happy Birthday, Gretel! :-)) And thanks for the yummy soup recipe. I can almost taste that sausage! mmmm!
Oh if only!!! I have just started a diet :o( very sad now cos that looks so scrummy!
Yum! I now have the perfect use for the Scottish wild venison salami we brought back from Loch Fyne! Delish!
Thanks for sharing the recipe and have a lovely weekend :)
What a wonderful looking recipe! Thank you so much for sharing it with us. I wish I knew where to find nice chorizo round here. They do sell something called chorizo in the local butchers, but I don't think it looks as nice as the one in your picture.
Happy birthday, by the way!
LBD x
mmmmmmmmm!
All I feel like eating at the mo is soup.
Mybe it's because the weather is so Autumnal.
Speaking of which...bring on Autumn!!!
Happy Birthday!
yum.
Oh, this looks wonderful -- it is how I cook too -- a bit of this, a bit of that -- chopped how you like it... I do appreciate the effort to convert to American. I know it's very hard to get the conversions right that one could just as happily pull ouut hair... but common sense will prevail when I make this and I'll just make it a little liquidy, as I like it.
Thanks loads and did I see a happy birthday in the mix? Happy Birthday!
Jenny
great banner...lavender, sounds great.
oh and happy birthday, fellow cancerian.
Just catching up with your blog - recipe sounds extremely tasty to me. New header is great. Was leafing through some books of Mum and Dad's and found one I'd given Dad maybe five years ago with the birthday card inside and it was one of YOURS!
xx L
Happy Birthday Gretel! Yes what a great new banner. Gives mine an inferiority complex.
Amazing food and I'm flippin' starving at the moment.
Lovely bread, send me the recipe when you can, and by the way, the pizza, like it thin crust. Try it.
keep in touch.
Mary
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm very hungry now!
Please could you give me some info on illustration Friday? i would love to join in.
Dx