Pickle Things

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Summary: Pickle Things
Review: A few weeks ago, I came across a worn copy of Pickle Things that was left at my house by one of my granddaughters who is now seventeen years old. After that, it spent many years in my second grade classroom. I remembered how much children love it, so I took it to my little two-year-old granddaughter and it has quickly become her favorite book! Now, when I walk in the door of her house, she runs to get Pickle Things for us to read. In fact, she "reads" it to me!!! I wanted to get a new copy for her and I'm sorry to see that it is now out of print.

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Summary: Pickle Things - Pre-Arthur Genius
Review: I am so upset that this book is now out of print; next to "The Five Chinese Brothers" this was my favorite book as a child. I'm almost 20 now and I can't believe that kids these days will never get to experience the wonder that is "Pickle Things." My mom is a school teacher and both of these great books were stolen out of her classroom, both being originals. If anyone has a good copy of "Pickle Things" lying around let me know. I think that both of these books are must reads for everyone, kids and adults.

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Summary: Pickle Things
Review: I have 2 boys - an almost 2 yr. old and a 4 1/2 yr. old. I picked this book out of the library 2 weeks ago and have read it approximately 100+ times over that period - they absolutely love it! My 4 yr. old "read" it to his little brother about 8 times a few nights ago - he literally memorized everything about it, including my own reflection throughout - a real joy and a great stress-reliever for me!

Marc Brown describes ridiculous uses for pickles and backs the descriptions up with very silly illustrations. And, the fact that "pickle" is kind of a silly word makes it fun.

HIGHLY REcommend - I'm online to buy a supply for gifts!

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Summary: Silly, Great Fun - Prepare for Many Giggles!
Review: I have 2 boys - an almost 2 yr. old and a 4 1/2 yr. old. I picked this book out of the library 2 weeks ago and have read it approximately 100+ times over that period - they absolutely love it! My 4 yr. old "read" it to his little brother about 8 times a few nights ago - he literally memorized everything about it, including my own reflection throughout - a real joy and a great stress-reliever for me!

Marc Brown describes ridiculous uses for pickles and backs the descriptions up with very silly illustrations. And, the fact that "pickle" is kind of a silly word makes it fun.

HIGHLY REcommend - I'm online to buy a supply for gifts!

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Summary: Pickle Things
Review: I have loved this book since I was a child. In fact, the hardcopy version that I have is now duck-taped together! I have recommended this book to countless parents.

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Summary: Pickle things you never see....
Review: I love this book, and I always have! My mother subscribed me to the Parent's Book club and this is the book that stands out the most!

When my goddaughter was old enough, I gave her my old copy. She loved for me to read it to her! When I had a son, I realized how badly I wanted that book for him. I found a perfect condition book and it is now one of his favorite books for me to read to him. I could recite this book from memory. It is a classic and should be on every bookshelf!

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Summary: pickles please
Review: My friend's young son had this book and would always ask me to read it to him when I visited. We would read it over and over and laughed harder each time. This book really helped bond us and for Christmas one year he gave me a pickle tree ornament. No one else understood the significance. Needless to say, this book is a favorite.

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Summary: pickle things you never see--such fun to read and reread
Review: Pickle up Pickle down--juggled by a Pickle Clown. Pickle things you never see--like pickles on a Christmas Tree my 2 kids loved hearing this book read to them and then reading it themselves--we would laugh and talk about how silly the Pickle Things were and even as they got older they liked to get it out to review and laugh again i want to get copies to give to friends of mine with young children who would enjoy this book

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Summary: Excellent
Review: Researchers constantly find that reading to children is valuable in a variety of ways, not least of which are instilling a love of reading and improved reading skills. With better parent-child bonding from reading, your child will also be more emotionally secure and able to relate better to others. Intellectual performance will expand as well. Spending time together watching television fails as a substitute.

To help other parents apply this advice, as a parent of four I consulted an expert, our youngest child, and asked her to share with me her favorite books that were read to her as a young child. Pickle Things was one of her picks.

Our daughter likes anything funny, and this book certainly fit the bill. It is designed as a short, simple poem that looks at various imaginary ways that pickles can be used (decorations on a Christmas tree, as an ear, as a nose, as hair, as toes, as objects to juggle, to come out of a water spout, as desserts, breakfast food, sweet snacks, as kites, etc.).

Each potential application moves off in a new direction to stretch your child's imagination.

Since the poem is short and triggered by the illustrations (of big green pickles), it is easy for the child to memorize it, and begin to "read" to you.

The illustrations are clear, colorful and capture wonderful expressions on children's faces.

A great thing to do with this book is to take another fruit or vegetable and create your own book (poem, illustrations, and all). I remember having the most fun with eggplants!

We all start with lots of imagination, and generally lose that imagination to complacency. Use this wonderful book to recreate your own imagination and build on your child's! You'll build happy memories and associations that way.

Enjoy!

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Summary: a favorite of 3 year olds
Review: we have had this book through two of our children's toddler and preschool years. both children love it. great for boys and girls. a little silly and a little yucky(pickle ice cream) but that is what they like