The story
It starts with one hot summer and one big idea. A neighbourhood crew decides to open the Ice Pop Shop — and quickly finds out that running a business takes a lot more than a cooler and a dream.
There are flavours to invent, prices to set, and profits to count. There are disagreements to work through and setbacks that make quitting look easy.
Chapter by chapter, readers watch the crew set goals, keep a budget, share the work, and solve the kind of problems that don't have an answer key — the same skills they'll use for the rest of their lives.
Written for readers in Grades 2–4, and equally at home as a family read-aloud or a classroom novel study.