Gail Gibbons offers a brief history of ice cream along with a detailed look at what goes on inside a modern-day ice cream plant. Gibbons’s trademark style blends a straightforward narrative with cheerful, child-friendly illustrations that offer just the right amount of detail to grasp the essentials—in this case about making ice cream. While the text makes an unfortunate reference to the tale of the ice cream cone being invented at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair (see Elaine Greenstein’s 2003 children’s book Ice-Cream Cones for Sale! for the full scoop on that story), it’s not enough to melt appreciation for this engaging book on a subject that most kids find very cool indeed. (Ages 4–8)

Cool and smooth and sweet, ice cream has long been a favorite treat. It cools you off when it's hot and is too delicious to resist even in cold weather. Gibbons dishes the latest scoop on ice cream production, following the process from farm to freezer. Full color.