What a Great Book!!! - Pickle Chiffon...Who would of thought :)

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	• Pickle-Chiffon Pie Jolly Roger Bradfield Purple House Press, 2004 - 64 pages average customer review:based on 24 reviews view larger image
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The Perfect Book

My brother was given this book almost 35 years ago. I shamelessly filched it. Since then I have surely read tens of thousands of books. But I can say with utmost confidence that this book is the best, the most perfect, the MOST WONDERFUL book ever written. I have read it to my own children and to their school classes in their turn. It withstands the ongoing test of time and variety of children. It lives in tape-bound glory in an honored spot on the bookshelf. At night you can see a faint halo.

So what makes this the perfect book? Firstly, it flawlessly follows the immutable Fairy Tale Law of Three giving it that well-grounded solidity found in generations of three aspirants/sisters/brothers/ogres/bears/billy goats gruff, three encounters, three days, three chances, etc. Secondly, it is a rich and engaging story without being wordy or trendy. But thirdly, there's the sense of rightness, of contentment at the state of a well-run world, the desire to go whisking off to that happy kingdom as the last page is regretfully turned. Also, there's pie.

(After wondering for years what a Pickle Chiffon Pie actually tastes like and being prodded by questions from my own children, I conducted extensive research. I found that Pickle Chiffon Pie tastes mysteriously JUST LIKE a green-tinted lemon meringue pie. My children, their classmates, and I were pleased.)

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A Great book for the Generations, a must have!

This book I first read in elementary school(I am now 36). I have never forgotten the heartouching and kindness elements that are taught in this book. I just recently bought this to share with my children(13,12, and 8)and they really loved it. We are taking this to my 8 yr. old daughters school for a read out loud day and to share with everyone. Get this book before it disappears again, it took me 29 years to get a copy again.

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an important lesson for all

I've loved this book since i was very young. It is such a simple, pure story that i believe everyone should read it at least once. It teaches the values of compassion & tolerance, lessons the world needs to re-learn. I've read this book to every child I've ever baby sat for,(over and over, by request), as well as siblings, friends, siblings of friends, & hopefully, one day, my own children. I still read it occasionally, just as a re-affirmation of the possibility of utopia (with pie, of course). I only wish the book was still in print so that more children could experience the beauty of this amazing story.

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Colorful, imaginative title back in print December 2004!

Purple House Press is proud to have released Pickle-Chiffon Pie in December 2004! Same wonderful pictures and text as the 1960s version. Look for The Flying Hockey Stick, also by Jolly Roger, in the summer of 2005.

What a Great Book!!! - Pickle Chiffon...Who would of thought :)

I was given this book as a child, I don't remember how old I was...I just remember this turned into my favorite book. I still have it on my shelf today (I'm 33 with no children yet) and occassionally pick it up to read it.

Such a great story to remind us all about respect for others and that looks aren't everything when you have kindness in your heart.

I highly reccommend reading this even if you are an adult. Enjoy!!

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