Reviewed by Diana Coyle
Do you love eating ice cream and trying different flavors? If so, “So You Want To Be An Ice Cream Flavor Inventor” by Linda Soules is a must-have read for you. In this fun guide, readers learn what it’s like being an ice cream flavor inventor, and although it sounds like an easy job, it’s much more involved than one might think the job is. Are you ready to find out what it takes to be an ice cream flavor inventor? Purchase Here.
This is another successful career guide written for children who might be interested in learning how to become an ice cream flavor inventor. As an adult, I learned a few pointers I never would have thought of. First, flavors interact differently when they are cold. Who would have thought about that? Well, an ice cream inventor does every day, as they work on developing a new flavor idea. A second tidbit I learned is that ice cream was once only a luxury item the wealthy could afford. Could you imagine not being able to have ice cream whenever you wanted because it was too expensive? Another fact I learned is that vanilla is the single most popular ice cream flavor in the world. That was one of those ideas that made me stop and think. The last thing I learned, and one of my favorite tidbits, was that the ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s maintains a flavor “graveyard’ in Waterbury, Vermont, in which they place a tombstone in a graveyard marking every discontinued flavor they had. There are more than 35 retired flavors “resting” at this site. What a fun idea!
Another thing I loved about this book was how unique the topic was for children to learn from. I never thought much about what it takes to be an ice cream flavor inventor, and I think that makes this book stand out to children because what child doesn’t like ice cream? Soules breaks down the pros and cons of being a flavor inventor and lets readers see whether this job might be a career path they’ll consider.
Linda Soules also provided the illustrations, and they were eye-catching, as all her children’s career guides are. She used AI to generate the pictures, and they were spot-on as always. It’s obvious she spends time fine-tuning the illustrations to complement her written text. These illustrations were no exception.
Linda Soules is an award-winning author of the So You Want To Be…series of career-exploring books. This continually growing series aims to inform children about the various careers available to them as they get older.
Overall, “So You Want to Be An Ice Cream Flavor Inventor” is another guide children will devour in one sitting. Soules lays out the pros and cons of the job while also highlighting the fun of being an ice cream flavor inventor. Plus, the fun facts she shares will appeal to readers young and old. Add fabulous illustrations, and you have another enjoyable book in this children’s series.