Sunday, April 15, 2018

Saffron Ice Cream by Rashin Kheiriyeh - ESSENTIAL

Kheiriyeh, Rashin Saffron Ice Cream.  PICTURE BOOK.  Arthur A. Levine (Scholastic), 2018.  $18.  9781338150520.

Rashin is on her first trip to an American beach with her family.  She remembers what it was like to go to the beach in her home country of Iran, with its separate beaches for men and women and the sweet taste of saffron ice cream.  Brooklyn doesn’t have saffron ice cream, but it does have saffron chocolate crunch.  And everybody is on the beach together, including a new friend.

What perfect timing for a book that shows us all life in a different culture – different, but just as fun and valid.  Kheriyeh’s illustrations are as exuberant as the play on the beach.  I would use this in any unit about the Middle East, about summer around the world, or just for fun.

Pre-K, EL (K-3) – ESSENTIAL.  Cindy, Library Teacher


2 comments:

Belle of the Book said...

Nice review, but you may want to correct for the fact that Rashin tries and enjoys chocolate crunch ice cream at the beach, not saffron crunch.

Cindy Mitchell said...

Thank you - for catching that. I've changed it.