The Chickens and the Ice Cream

About the Book

This children’s book is a treasure and you will want to add it to your library. Read along and find out why a young boy and two curious chickens’ encounter is so funny and mysterious.  A farmer and his wife come to some new realizations about their farm and how it only takes one family to help uncover the mystery behind this story.  What do two chickens, a sweet young boy, and ice cream have in common and why won’t they leave him alone?   The combination of the story lines and the imagery are guaranteed to hold your interest to the very last word.   Join us in reading along. You may never look at another chicken the same way again!

About the Author

Mark A. McBride, M.D. is a native of Franklin County who earned his medical degree from E.V.M.S. in Norfolk, Virginia and completed his pediatric residency at the University of Louisville.  Dr. McBride then returned to Roanoke, Virginia to practice Pediatrics in 1994.  His extracurricular interests are antique collecting, cultivating many varieties of daylilies, writing poetry and playing tennis and racquetball. 

Kimberly Collie McBride earned her psychology degree from Bridgewater College.  She has many talents including piano, gardening, cross stitching and her newest passion of quilting.    She shares her husband’s interests of antique collecting and cultivating daylilies in addition to collecting hand painted rocks of all kinds.  She is an exceptional decorator and mother and has always had the desire to write children’s literature. 

Together the McBrides launch their first children’s book with an adapted true story about their adorable son and two curious chickens at a local ice cream creamery during a summer visit.  They hope to invoke imagination and creativity in the minds of young readers as they seek to glorify God through the use of their talents.

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