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Good question! It's a weird experiment that nobody asked for and it's 375 pages longer than any other book I've ever written and it took me two years to finish and I had to start over halfway through and it triggered an existential crisis but the point is: I did it. I finally achieved my lifelong goal to write a book that's thick enough to use as a doorstop
But the real reason is because for the past ten years I've been the guy who shows up at elementary school gymnasiums stuffed with students and tries to convince them all that "reading is fun" (which it is). BUT it started to feel like a kind of passive/consumerist/self-serving message. SO the real goal of The Ice Cream Machine is to get kids to realize that WRITING is where the magic is.

1. Not ever dragon is an experienced carpenter.
2. Please refer to the 5-second rule.

Here's an odd detail he may have missed: There are 37 days on the calendar in the dragon's cave. Why? Gotta ask Dan on that one...

Thank you! I am happy. I'm a little nervous about my book coming out tomorrow but in general, very happy I get to make stuff I like and share delicious snacks with friends

thank you for being so nice and taking the time to leave a comment. However, your daughter is only two so remember that I already apologized in four years when the book is worn down to the cardboard.

Hahah. My sister's name is Bryce and it drives her nuts that people always screw it up so that was just me being a jerk of a big brother and giving her a hard time. There's also a "typo" in the second book where it says she's "the beast sister"