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Sweet Pickles
Sweet Pickles is a series of 40 children's books by Ruth Lerner Perle, Jacquelyn Reinach, and Richard Hefter and published by Holt, Rinehart & Winston, having sold over 50 million copies. The books are set in the fictional town of Sweet Pickles and are about anthropomorphic animals with different...
books and each letter of the alphabet was represented in a separate book with an animal for each letter of the alphabet. Each story was filled with words and objects that begin with the letter of the alphabet featured in that book. A special word page at the end of each book provided extra practice in identifying letters and words. They were published in the early 1990s. Some speculate that it was a last-ditch effort by Ruth Lerner Perle after Sweet Pickles
Sweet Pickles
Sweet Pickles is a series of 40 children's books by Ruth Lerner Perle, Jacquelyn Reinach, and Richard Hefter and published by Holt, Rinehart & Winston, having sold over 50 million copies. The books are set in the fictional town of Sweet Pickles and are about anthropomorphic animals with different...
did not work.
Typically, each animal had a distinct personality trait. This trait was used to build the plot and teach the reader a lesson. For example, in Justin's Just Joking, Justin is always playing jokes on his friends, making them feel sad. At the end of the book, the friends play a joke on Justin to make him understand how much his jokes hurt.
These books are appropriate for beginning readers of all ages. Depending on the reading skill, these books are appropriate for Preschool through 3rd grade.
Characters
- Aa - Albert the Absent-minded Alligator
- Bb - Bradley the Brave Bear
- Cc - Connie the Cuddly Cat
- Dd - Delilah the Demanding Duck
- Ee - Emmy the Exaggerating Elephant
- Ff - Fenton the Fearful Frog
- Gg - Gertie the Grungy Goat
- Hh - Herbie the Happy Hampster
- Ii - Ivy the Impatient Iguana
- Jj - Justin the Joking Jackal
- Kk - Katy the Kind Koala
- Ll - Lizzy the Lazy Lamb
- Mm - Monty the Mimicking Mouse
- Nn - Nelly the Naughty Newt
- Oo - Ollie the Obedient Ostrich
- Pp - Perry the Polite Porcupine
- Qq - Queenie the Quiet Quail
- Rr - Rupert the Resourceful Rhinoceros
- Ss - Sylvester the Stubborn Squirrel
- Tt - Tina the Truthful Tiger
- Uu - Una the Unhappy Unicorn
- Vv - Vinnie the Vocal Vulture
- Ww - Wendy the Wise Woodchuck
- Xx - Xavier the X-ploring Xenops
- Yy - Yori the Yucky Yak
- Zz - Ziggy the Zippy Zebra
Books
- A - Albert's special day
- B - Bradley and The Great Swamp Mystery
- C - Connie, Come Home
- D - Delilah's Delightful Dream
- E - Emmy, You're The Greatest
- F - Fenton and the Magic Bag
- G - Gertie's Great Gifts
- H - Herbie's Happy Day
- I - Ivy Can't Wait
- J - Justin's Just Joking
- K - Katy's Surprise
- L - Lizzy at Last
- M - Monty See Monty Do
- N - Nelly, That's Not Nice
- O - Ollie's Folly
- P - Perry's Not So Perfect Day
- Q - Queenie's Secret
- R - Rupert to the Rescue
- S - Sylvester and the Sand Castle
- T - Tina Tells the Truth
- U - Una Cheers Us Up
- V - Vinnie Takes a Bow
- W - Wendy's Clubhouse
- X - Xavier and the Laughing Xoxos
- Y - Yori and Yetta
- Z - Ziggy and the Zig-Zag Race
There are also two additional books Take One Home Free, which corresponds with Emmy the Elephant and sharing, and Money Doesn't Grow on Trees, which is about saving and making money featuring most of the Alphapets.