12 Delectable Ice Cream Books for Kids to Read Now

Ten Scoops on Top by Sarah R. Joseph

This is an adorable choice from preschool books about ice cream. Your preschooler will get to practice counting while listening to a rhyming ice cream picture book.

Should I Share My Ice Cream (An Elephant and Piggie Book) by Mo Willems

Gerald and Piggie are adorable. In this pick from preschool books about ice cream, Gerald is so excited to have his ice cream but cannot decide if he should share it with Piggie.

Why I Love It: Each of the Elephant and Piggie books is not only funny, but teaches sweet and important lessons about friendship and kindness.
Appropriate for Ages: 3-6
Find This Book In: Animal Books for Kids / Ice Cream Books for Kids

I Scream! Ice Cream! A Book of Wordles by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

This children’s book about ice cream is absolutely adorable. I love the play on words in this book! It is full of wordles- groups of words that sound the same but with different meanings, like I scream and ice cream!!!

Wemberley’s Ice-Cream Star by Kevin Henkes

This is an adorable ice cream picture book that also teaches about patience and kindness. Preschoolers and the littlest readers will love this sweet book.

Is it Warm Enough For Ice Cream? by DK

This is an adorable board book that is a perfect first ice cream picture book. Not only does it talk about the weather and the seasons, but it has colorful pictures of plants and animals as well.

Your little one will love this book and be so excited when it is finally warm enough for ice cream.

The Little Ice Cream Truck (Little Vehicles, 4) by Margery Cuyler

This is a colorful and cheerful ice cream truck that drives all over the town to deliver ice cream to everybody at the park, the zoo, and more.

This children’s book about ice cream is a sweet ride on a summer day.

Is This Your Favorite Ice Cream? by Ryan Rucker

Rae and her dad love to travel from ice cream shop to ice cream shop to taste new flavors as they go. Rae cannot figure out which is her favorite flavor. This sweet children’s book about ice cream.

Curious About Ice Cream (Smithsonian) by Bonnie Bader

I did not know that Americans eat more ice cream than any other country but somehow hearing this does not surprise me. In this children’s book about ice cream, your curious kiddo will learn all about where this cool great came from!

Ice Cream Summer by Peter Sis

If you love ice cream books for kids then this is the perfect picture book for you to read. In this book, you can explore all the summer activities through the lens of ice cream. The illustrations in this book are so sweet and the story is perfect for the summer break.

Ice Cream: The Full Scoop by Gail Gibbons

This educational children’s book about ice cream is all about the history of ice cream! Do you have a curious child who wants to know how ice cream is made? This ice cream picture book will tell you everything you need to know and more with adorable pictures to help tell the story.

War at the Ice Cream Store: Mustachio Pistachio vs Bully Vanilli (Biff Bam Booza) by Cheryl DaVeiga 

What happens when the store closes at the local ice cream store? Bully Vanilli knows that he is the most popular flavor and won’t let the other flavors forget it, especially Pistachio.

This pick from ice cream books for kids deals with the difficult topic of bullying in a cute and slightly humorous way.

The Ice Cream Vanishes by Julia Sarcone-Roach 

This is such a sweet book about vanishing ice cream. Is it really vanishing? These sweet animals don’t know where the ice cream went and then find lots of ways to make the ice cream disappear. This ice cream picture book is beyond adorable.

Splat the Cat: I Scream for Ice Cream by Rob Scotton

Everyone loves Splat the Cat and this early reader is an adorable pick from children’s books about ice cream. When Splat goes on a trip to the ice cream factory, he has visions of ice cream but has no idea what is about to happen!