How long does it take to read Striped Ice Cream?
Striped Ice Cream by Joan M. Lexau takes about 1 hour 46 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 46 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1968. 96 pages, about 26,400 words. Written for children.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 56 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 46 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 6 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the 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.
Subjects: Birthdays, Family life, Fiction, Children's fiction, Birthdays, fiction, Family life, fiction
