![]() ![]() Of milk spurting through plastic tubes." Cooper's small-scale art precisely follows each step of the process as type sashays across the spreads in inventive configurations, and panoramic views show the delivery truck transporting this divine bovine product through town and country. ![]() There are pigs and cows and horses and rabbits. ![]() There are tall canvas tents and a whirling Ferris wheel. Cooper's description of an enormous ice-cream mixing machine with multiple tanks exhibits a flair for language that appeals to multiple senses: "It is a steel, piston-pumping, cream-dripping, gadget-whirring, water-spraying, pipe-rattling, chocolate-leaking animal." Similarly, readers can hear the sounds in the barn at milking time: "The fump, fump Elisha Cooper (Goodreads Author) 3.61 Rating details 18 ratings 2 reviews Nothing looks or sounds or smells like a good, old-fashioned country fair-and this one is no exception. Those who scream for ice cream may be astounded by the array of machines involved, from the milking machine in the barn, to the apparatus in the milk co-op that condenses the milk, to the ice-cream factory's numerous contraptions, including one that shapes flat pieces of cardboard into rounded containers of various sizes. The author gives the scoop on ice-cream making and anticipates all of their questions, answering them with, well, good humor-and with many specifics that may surprise even the most ardent aficionados. Cooper's ( Ballpark Dance!) deliciously diverting book tackles a subject of intrinsic appeal to kids. ![]()
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