Ice Cream: The Full Scoop

by Gail Gibbons

Overview

Cool and smooth and sweet, ice cream has long been a favourite treat. It cools you off when it's hot and is too delicious to resist even in cold weather. How did it get to be so scrumptious? Best-selling author/illustrator Gail Gibbons dishes out the latest scoop on ice cream production. Ice cream has come a long way from its humble beginnings as a mixture of snow, milk, and rice. Gail Gibbons details the many firsts in ice cream history, from the earliest ice cream crank to the original waffle cone. Children's mouths will be watering as they follow ice cream's journey from farm to factory to freezer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780823421558
Publisher:	Holiday House
Publication date:	03/15/2008
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	394,327
Product dimensions:	9.85(w) x 9.98(h) x 0.12(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Gail Gibbons "has taught more preschoolers and early readers about the world than any other children's writer-illustrator," according to the Washington Post. Winner of the 2010 Regina Award, she has written and illustrated more than fifty books for Holiday House. She lives in Corinth, Vermont.

Editorial Reviews

PreS-Gr 3-Ice cream is easy to love, but it has not always been easy to make. Like spaghetti, its origins date back to Marco Polo and his famous trip to China. Gibbons explains how this favorite food developed from flavored ice to the creamy dessert we know today, describes the invention and workings of the ice-cream maker, follows the journey from cow to factory to grocery-store shelves, and mentions the innovative creation of the cone. All of these details combine to pay homage to what is arguably the most popular treat on the planet. The narrative is simple and direct and the cartoon illustrations are colorful and cheerful. Potentially unfamiliar vocabulary is defined within the text or on the same page, and all diagrams are clearly labeled. There is a lot going on in this book, but the layout guides readers through the wealth of information.-Kara Schaff Dean, Needham Public Library, MA Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

School Library Journal

At long last, the prolific Gibbons weighs in with a characteristic treatment of this ever-popular topic. She opens with the supposed invention of iced milk 3,000 years ago and closes by warning readers not to eat too much of the stuff (the nearest thing to any cautionary or nutritional information here). In between, she takes a visiting class from dairy farm to modern factory, with side jaunts to hand-cranked ice cream, an ice cream social and the invention of the cone. The prose is, as always, relentlessly matter-of-fact, the cartoon illustrations both colorful and easy to follow. Though even smaller libraries will be able to dish up similar titles by others, Gibbons's fan base will guarantee this one's popularity. (Picture book/nonfiction. 6-8)

Kirkus Reviews