All the Ice Cream in the Land is an appealing humorous illustrated fairy tale written and illustrated by Emmy Kastner. Released 5th May 2026 by Simon & Schuster on their Young Reader imprint, it's 56 pages and is available in hardcover and ebook formats.
Told in ever increasingly silly follow on situations, reminiscent (but not derivatively so) of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Princess Roselyn's loyal parents and subjects jump into ever increasing silliness to satisfy her "desire" for ice cream, without ever actually letting her express her own desires.
It's cute, and well illustrated with lots of appealing small details which invite readers to take a closer look, and there are probably some good takeaways here about letting people express their wants/needs instead of jumping to anticipate them. Mostly it's just a really appealing, cute book for preschool to elementary school kids and their caregivers.
Four stars. It would be an excellent choice for public or school library acquisition, home use, or gifting.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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