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If You Like...Ice Cream

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! Frankly, it's a little too much screaming for my taste. Instead of yelling our guts out for the delicious dairy dessert, let's sit down with a bowl of our favorite flavor and quietly read about it instead.

Ice Cream Face
By Heidi Woodward Sheffield
Nancy Paulson Books, 2022. Picture Book.

A little boy experiences a variety of different emotions while he waits in line for ice cream, his favorite food.

Paletero Man
Written by Lucky Diaz
Illustrated by Micah Player
Harper Collins Publisher, 2021. Picture Book.

A little boy passes through his busy neighborhood in search of the Paletero Man. But when he finally catches up with him, his pockets are empty. Oh no! What happened to his dinero? It will take the help of the entire community to get the tasty treat now.

Pick Me!
By Max Amato
Scholastic Press, 2022. Picture Book.


All the different flavors of ice cream believe they are best, and beg to be picked--until Rocky Road tells them that being picked means getting eaten.

The Ice Cream Machine
By Rubin Adam
Putnam's Sons, 2022. Fiction. 357 pgs.

A collection of six short stories in a variety of genres and settings, all featuring ice cream.

The Sweetest Scoop
By Lisa Robinson
Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2022. Informational. 

Legendary ice cream makers Ben & Jerry are behind some of the craziest, yummiest flavors we know and love. It all began when Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, met when they were twelve years old. Ben liked art, Jerry liked science, and they both loved food . . . especially ice cream!

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