A SUNDAE WITH EVERYTHING ON IT

A quantum physicist takes her child on a ride through the universe, complete with an epic stop in the ice-cream-iverse.

Mom has come up with her greatest invention: “a device for seeing through space and time INTO OTHER DIMENSIONS!” She gazes up at her control panel, showing her child the different universes, including one where everything is made of lava, one where everything is ice, and even one devoted to cream. The child is eager to visit the ice cream universe, so off they go! The young narrator points out that Mom’s device is intended to allow users to see other universes, not visit them, but, as Mom responds, “What better way to see than in person?” The two blast off and zoom from universe to universe, grabbing bowls, visiting the spoon-iverse, and hitting up all of the toppings-iverses. The child wishes there were a world where all of these incredible things existed at once. Mom knows the perfect place and steers them home. The story is told in the first person by the child; readers will experience all the joy, wonder, and yumminess right alongside the protagonist. The illustrations are colorful and cluttered, a jumble of spoons, toppings, faces, and whimsy. Though at times the art is a bit busy, it suits this goofy, wildly entertaining space-themed story. Mom is brown-skinned and pink-haired, while the child has light-tan skin.

A wonderfully silly, out-of-this-world adventure.