Ice Cream

For dessert, try Ice Cream from the team behind Cow, Jules Older and Lyn Severance. The author chronicles the history of the confection introducing such famous figures as Marco Polo, who brought back ""water ice"" from China in the 13th century and Augustus Jackson, the White House chef and ""probably America's first black ice cream manufacturer"" who made the dessert for First Lady Dolly Madison. A timeline along the bottom of each page takes readers along the ice cream continuum. Severance, who designed the look of Ben and Jerry's carton art, brightens up the pages with bold graphics. (Feb.)