Saffron Ice Cream
Illustrator
Rashin Kheiriyeh
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Publication Year
2018
ISBN
9781338150520
Pages
40 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Rashin is an Iranian immigrant girl living in New York, excited by her first trip to Coney Island, and fascinated by the differences in the beach customs between her native Iran and her new home--but she misses the saffron flavored ice cream that she used to eat.
Grade Level
PK-1; K-3
Lexile Measure
AD580L
Diversity Topics
Culture/Ethnicity; Bicultural; Multicultural; Immigrants and refugees; bicultural child; multicultural community; immigrant family; immigrant child
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
Asian (Persian)
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
Choices, 2019 Picture Books for School-Age Children
Notable Books for a Global Society, 2019
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2019 Kindergarten to 2nd grade
Keywords
beach; Coney Island; Iran; ice cream; friendship; rules; music; homesick; gender-segregated beach; Muslim; Islam
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Kheiriyeh, Rashin, "Saffron Ice Cream" (2018). Diverse Families. 1796.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1796