Select language, opens an overlay
0 messages from the library
  • General Recommendations
  • Staff-Created List

Cool and Sweet Summer Reads

Do you like to stay cool with an ice cream cone or a cup of gelato? So do the characters in these books! Covering a range of ages and genres, this list focuses on stories that feature a chilly summer treat. Enjoy these suggestions? Looking for a new book to read? Book Match is a book recommendation program offered through AC Library. Check out the website at the top of the list to go to the Book Match page.

User from Alameda County Library

15 items

  • Fill out a survey with information about your reading tastes, and one of our matchmakers will send you a personalized reading list within two weeks. You can select a specific matchmaker, or you can fill out a general survey and one of the…
    Web resource
  • (Children) "Gerald the elephant has a big decision to make, but will he make it in time?"
    Easy Reader, 2011New York : Hyperion Books for Children, 2011 — JE WILLEMS,M
  • (Children) "Follow along with our narrator as he passes through his busy neighborhood in search of the Paletero Man. But when he finally catches up with him, our narrator's pockets are empty. Oh no! What happened to his dinero? It will take the help…
    Picture Book, 2021New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2021] — JPB DIAZ,L
  • (Children) "Nora loves spending summers with Lola at her sari-sari store, a treasure trove filled with everything you could need, from hair accessories to toys, creamy yema to sour tamarind candy. And this year, Nora is big enough to help her…
    Picture Book, 2023Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2023 — JPB BONTIGAO,L
  • (Children) "Libby loves science--and experimenting! In this Level 3 I Can Read! title, Libby and her classmates are excited to welcome a new student into their classroom. When the ice cream for the welcome party melts, Libby is curious to see how…
    Easy Reader, 2024New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] — JE DERTING,K
  • (Children) "Take a tour of the fantastical Ice Cream Town, where everything is made of ice cream! Fancy a ride on the ice cream train, a dip in the ice cream lake, or a visit to the ice cream park? It's all possible in Ice Cream Town, where the…
    Picture Book, 2024New York : Random House, [2024] — JE BUCKLEY,M
  • (Children) "Meet the Sunday Sundae Sisters! Allie, Sierra, and Tamiko have been best friends since kindergarten. Now Allie's parents are divorced and Allie has moved one town away. She can still see her friends but she no longer goes to the same…
    Book, 2018New York : Simon Spotlight, 2018 — J SIMON,C
  • (Children) "Reader, be advised that the events in this book may tickle your funny bone: A boy and his robot nanny travel the globe in search of the world's tastiest treat. A girl and her sister compete in an ice cream eating contest--against an…
    Book, 2022New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2022 — J RUBIN,A
  • (Teen) "Seventeen-year-old Amelia has looked forward to her last summer before college working at the Meade Creamery, but when the owner of the local landmark passes away her nephew has big changes in mind"
    Book, 2018New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, [2018] — Teen Fiction VIVIAN,S
  • (Teen) "Two teen girls, former best friends and one-time lovers, go on a summer road trip in an ice cream truck"
    eBook, 2022New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2022] — EBOOK OVERDRIVE
  • (Teen) "After her mother dies, Lina travels to Italy where she discovers her mother's journal and sets off on an adventure to unearth her mother's secrets."
    Book, 2016New York : Simon Pulse, 2016 — Teen Fiction WELCH,J
  • (Adult) "Dawn Dixon can hardly believe she's on a groomless honeymoon on beautiful Cape Cod . . . with her mother. Sure, Marnie Dixon is good company, but Dawn was supposed to be here with Kevin, the love of her life (or so she thought). Marnie…
    Book, 2022Grand Rapids, Michigan : Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2022] — Fiction FISHER,S
  • The Rocky Road to Ruin

    Ice Cream Shop Mystery Series, Book 1

    Allen, Meri,
    (Adult) "Riley Rhodes...makes a bittersweet return to her childhood home of Penniman, Connecticut for a funeral...But Caroline and her brother Mike have to decide what to do with the assets they've inherited - the ice cream shop as well as the farm…
    eBook, 2021New York : St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2021 — EBOOK OVERDRIVE
  • (Adult) "After her divorce from her thrice-married embezzler husband, Trinidad Jones is finally ready for a fresh start. So when she's left one of ex's businesses in Upper Sprocket, Oregon, she decides to pack up her dog, cash in her settlement, and…
    Large Print, 2022Waterville, ME : Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2022 — LT Mystery MENTINK,D
  • (Adult) "Lillian's rise to fame and fortune spans seventy years and is inextricably linked to the course of American history itself, from Prohibition to the disco days of Studio 54. Yet Lillian Dunkle is nothing like the whimsical motherly persona…
    Book, 2014New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2014 — Fiction GILMAN,S