# Striped Ice Cream

**Author:** Joan M. Lexau
**Grade range:** Grades 4–6
**Age range:** 9–11
**First published:** 1968
**Page count:** 96
**Genre:** Realistic Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780397310470`
**ISBN-10:** `0812414780`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/striped-ice-cream
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

A seven-year-old Negro girl is resigned to the fact that her mother can not afford anything special for her birthday, but she does not understand why her older sisters and brother seem to turn against her--until the big day finally arrives.

## Themes

- birthdays
- family life
- birthdays, fiction
- family life, fiction

## Where this book is assigned

### Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award

- **recommended** · 4th grade · Arkansas — [source: Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award — Arkansas's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 4-6): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record.](https://www.fortsmithlibrary.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/CharlieMaySimonWinners.2023-24.pdf)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Arkansas — [source: Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award — Arkansas's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 4-6): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record.](https://www.fortsmithlibrary.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/CharlieMaySimonWinners.2023-24.pdf)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Arkansas — [source: Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award — Arkansas's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 4-6): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record.](https://www.fortsmithlibrary.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/CharlieMaySimonWinners.2023-24.pdf)

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