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	Renaud, Anne. THE BOY WHO INVENTED THE POPSICLE : THE COOL SCIENCE BEHIND FRANK EPPERSON'S FAMOUS FROZEN TREAT Toronto, ON : Kids Can Press, [2019] IL K-3 ISBN 9781525300288
Click on the book to read Amazon reviews	“Ep-sicle! Ep-sicle! Who wants an Ep-sicle?” Wait! What IS an Ep-sicle? Well, on a hot sunny day, it is a favorite treat to eat...can you guess what it is? As a child, Frank Epperson wanted to be an inventor. He spent a lot of time on his back porch (also known as his laboratory), building and experimenting. And his favorite thing to experiment with was liquid. After inventing his own fizzy drink, he wondered what it would taste like FROZEN. He called it an Ep-sicle (using the beginning sounds of his last name). Eventually, as this invention became popular, the name changed to what we now call a POPSICLE! Do not miss the included experiments.  (Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award 2021-2022)
	SUBJECTS:   Epperson, Frank, -- 1894-1983.                         Children as inventors.                         Ice pops -- History.                         Food -- Experiments.

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