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The Ice Cream Kid: Brain Freeze!
Introducing Irwin Snackcracker, seemingly ordinary fourth-grader who is transformed through the power of a Fudgsicle into superhero extraordinaire: The Ice Cream Kid!
When Irwin Snackcracker leaves for school in the morning all he can think about is pizza, tater-tots, and winning first place in the booger contest. He leaps down the bannister, quickly eats breakfast before brushing his teeth and dashing out the door. Little does Irwin know, this day will change his life. He is just one brain freeze away from superpowers! When Irwin unexpectedly scores the last Fudgsicle left in the ice cream cart at school, he finds out that he is no longer an ordinary fourth grader. Taking a big bite of the delicious frozen treat transforms Irwin into "The Ice Cream Kid" who, with a steady supply of ice cream, has the ability to run at lightning speed and talk to animals along the way!
Even though Irwin isn't sure if he wants to fight crime, he puts riding bikes with his friends on hold to learn how his new powers work. With his superhero Grandpa and sarcastic side-kick, Bert the pigeon, Irwin learns to control his powers, culminating in the ultimate showdown with Sweaty Crocker, the villainous evil lunch lady, poisoner of children.
When Irwin Snackcracker leaves for school in the morning all he can think about is pizza, tater-tots, and winning first place in the booger contest. He leaps down the bannister, quickly eats breakfast before brushing his teeth and dashing out the door. Little does Irwin know, this day will change his life. He is just one brain freeze away from superpowers! When Irwin unexpectedly scores the last Fudgsicle left in the ice cream cart at school, he finds out that he is no longer an ordinary fourth grader. Taking a big bite of the delicious frozen treat transforms Irwin into "The Ice Cream Kid" who, with a steady supply of ice cream, has the ability to run at lightning speed and talk to animals along the way!
Even though Irwin isn't sure if he wants to fight crime, he puts riding bikes with his friends on hold to learn how his new powers work. With his superhero Grandpa and sarcastic side-kick, Bert the pigeon, Irwin learns to control his powers, culminating in the ultimate showdown with Sweaty Crocker, the villainous evil lunch lady, poisoner of children.
- GenresHumor
176 pages, Hardcover
First published June 3, 2014
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Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews
February 1, 2019
Now you can become a super hero by eating an ice cream. Ridiculously silly story, which is still mildly entertaining, and of course the first in a series about our ice cream man, I wonder if ice cream sales increase after the readers finish the book?
January 12, 2018
it was ok
not bad
not bad
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September 2, 2014One of the joys of parenting is being able to read with your kids. I love discovering books with my kids. When I was at the library recently, I was looking for a book that my fourth grader would like. He usually reads books like Diary of a Wimpy Kid and the Geranomo Stilton series. But I wanted to try something new. This book looked new and just his style. He was a little unsure at first (like he is with all new books) but once we started we were laughing all the way through. I don't want to make the impression that I read all of my kids books with them, but I do like to pick a book and read it all the way to the end with each of my kids.
This was a funny, engaging story that had all the right kid elements of fantasy....having the ability to change the lunch menu to all your favorites, schoolwork related superpowers, etc... My son and I laughed all the way through. There are pictures in the book to still discuss the book using picture clues, but the text was more difficult than Geranomo Stilton. It was a perfect step up book from 3rd to 4th grade readers. 4 stars! I am going to look now to see when the next in the series will be published.
This was a funny, engaging story that had all the right kid elements of fantasy....having the ability to change the lunch menu to all your favorites, schoolwork related superpowers, etc... My son and I laughed all the way through. There are pictures in the book to still discuss the book using picture clues, but the text was more difficult than Geranomo Stilton. It was a perfect step up book from 3rd to 4th grade readers. 4 stars! I am going to look now to see when the next in the series will be published.
November 7, 2014
I'm waffling between 2 and 3 stars on this one.
There is much humor that I think the target audience will appreciate, but it's, well, not very smart humor. That sounds a strange thing to say, given that the humor is meant to be crude and scatological, that I might expect it to not be dumb, but I do. There is some great, intelligently crude, scatological humor in similar books that press the same funny bone in much more clever, deft, sarcastic, and even challenging ways. This always goes for the tired, obvious, easy joke: boys like boogers and hate girls categorically; cops operate out of doughnut shops; etc. The subtle, ironic social commentary that should operate behind the humor is absent. And the storytelling, wordsmithing, characterizations, and such are just as blunt. It could have been so much better.
Still, I do think the target audience will have fun with it and consider it more than just okay. So, from their perspective, 3 stars.
There is much humor that I think the target audience will appreciate, but it's, well, not very smart humor. That sounds a strange thing to say, given that the humor is meant to be crude and scatological, that I might expect it to not be dumb, but I do. There is some great, intelligently crude, scatological humor in similar books that press the same funny bone in much more clever, deft, sarcastic, and even challenging ways. This always goes for the tired, obvious, easy joke: boys like boogers and hate girls categorically; cops operate out of doughnut shops; etc. The subtle, ironic social commentary that should operate behind the humor is absent. And the storytelling, wordsmithing, characterizations, and such are just as blunt. It could have been so much better.
Still, I do think the target audience will have fun with it and consider it more than just okay. So, from their perspective, 3 stars.
December 29, 2013
Perfect read for the younger middle grade (or upper elementary) crowd: an average kid discovers that by eating ice cream, his super powers emerge. Even better, he's from a family of super heroes (grandpa is one, but it's skipped a generation). Irwin's biggest problem is that his sidekick is a sarcastic pidgeon, Bert - not exactly the image he wants. But there's trouble in town and only the Ice Cream Kid, with a steady supply of drumsticks, ice cream sandwiches and fudgesicles, can stop Sweaty Cracker.
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December 3, 2013
Irwin discovers that he has superpowers when he eats ice cream and gets a brain freeze. He helps his grandfather (who also has superpowers) battle the evil lunch lady who has escaped from prison. I can see this book appealing to fans of Captain Underpants with Irwin's love of booger contests.
January 15, 2015
Some jokes in poor taste. Not sure why I ordered it but I can already think of number of kids who will eat this up.
May 3, 2017
Dexter (8yo) read.
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