Larry's shenanigans at the local ice cream shop lead him to unexpected celebrity in this fourth book about the adventures of the lifeguard polar bear of Bayonne, New Jersey. When our ursine hero eats 250 pounds of ice cream at Cohen's Cones, the resultant publicity leads to a partnership with the Iceberg Ice Cream company, and the development of the "Larry Bar."

With all the hilarious dialogue and droll artwork for which this series is known, Ice Cream Larry should delight the Pinkwaters' many fans. I myself was thrilled to see a few Melville references here, from Larry carrying a copy of Moby Dick around with him, to his answering Mildred's requests with an "I would prefer not to." A humorous children's book which quotes Bartleby the Scrivener? It doesn't get any better than that! ( )