Comments on: The Town of Sweet Pickles

By: Linda

Linda — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:06:18 +0000

I’ve been trying to collect this series, after hearing about them from my husbands daughter -in-law, she had them growing up. you just have to watch sites and bid, found some at yard sales, & thift shops. GOOD LUCK ON FINDING YOURS, and yes they are expensive on ebay, but have gotten nice one for 99 cents. Linda

By: Ron

Ron — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:35:19 +0000

I am so glad I have found someone else who loved Sweet Pickles. I absolutely adored these books. We didn’t have much money or things growing up, but my mom always made sure we had books as kids. I ADORED my Sweet Pickles books. I don’t know what happened with mine. The only one around is Goose Goofs Off, which has a chewed corner, from my little sister. She thought it would taste like a sweet pickle. Looking at the book, and that corner brings back warm memories. Speaking of warm…remember Warm Fuzzies and Cold Pricklies?

By: Comment on The Town of Sweet Pickles by Jessica Hicks

Comment on The Town of Sweet Pickles by Jessica Hicks — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:11:08 +0000

[...] Comment on The Town of Sweet Pickles by Jessica Hicks I LOVE THESE BOOKS!!! My mother gave me about 10 of them when I had my first child. She had found [...]

By: Jenny Harris

Jenny Harris — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:35:15 +0000

Sweet Pickles was my favorite series when I was a child in the ’70’s. I had actually forgotton about them as I got older. Recently I stumbled across one at a yard sale and the memories came flooding back. Now I’m on the hunt for the whole series for my 5yr.old daughter. So far I have found 12. I’ve got several friends on the case too!! If anyone has any double copies or just some they don’t want that they would like to sell to me please contact me through this website. My daughter already adores the ones we have. After we read each one she insists that we find where each character lives on the town map on the inside flap. I love that someting I loved as a child can captavate my daughter some 25+ years later. When she grows up I hope she’ll pass them on to my grandchildren. Oh yeah– how is it that so many people don’t know about Sweet Pickles?

By: Jenny Harris

Jenny Harris — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:24:44 +0000

By: whitney forrester

whitney forrester — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:35:18 +0000

I know how all of you feel every time i ask anyone about the sweet pickles bus they have no idea what they are. But my question to all of you is do you remember the actual green plastic lunch box style buses. they were filled with activities and flash cards and games. I remember that I loved getting a new set of flash cards or game in the mail. I know I had a few books but not that many.

By: Jessica Hicks

Jessica Hicks — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 03:34:06 +0000

I LOVE THESE BOOKS!!!
My mother gave me about 10 of them when I had my first child. She had found them at a yard sale. Gosh, I wish I could have read these as a child, but I still enjoy them as an adult reading to my four little ones. I’ve recently purchased a complete set of all 26 letters and all 14 of the special books. They’re the larger books (they came in 2 sizes 6×8 & 8×10) and I purchased them from ebay…. cost over $200 but It was well worth it. Now, we can read a ‘new’ book every night and it takes over 5 weeks to get back to the first one! If you check on ebay, you can find almost any of the books you are missing as well as complete sets.

By: Jennifer Hammock

Jennifer Hammock — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 02:58:29 +0000

I remember the sweet pickles bus and the commercials. I still to this day think about that and how much I wanted that bus with all the characters to pull up to my house and bring me the books. It is so weird how time flys by so fast!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:23:37 +0000

I loved them so much…. my Mom was so sad that she sold them when she found out I was having a baby. Those were the best stories…. my favorite was Goof Off Goose (I always remember the messy yard and then it snowed so she didn’t have to clean it up) and Elephant Eats the Profits (Man could he eat). They so need to start printing them again!!!!! I wish they would so the crazy people on ebay would not make you pay so much dang money for full sets!!!!! Buying them individually seems like the only affordable way to do it. Amazon has some of them for $0.33 each if you don’t mind used…. I really don’t I just want the stories again….

By: preston

preston — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 23:11:33 +0000

sweet pickles ruled!!!!what?!thier out of print!?bring them back I want them for my kids!somebody call the sweet pickle people!

By: Leah

Leah — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:08:18 +0000

I LOVED Sweet Pickles books when I was a kid!!!
I’m so glad I found this site, it proves I’m not crazy. None of my friens from childhood could remember these books and I was starting to think I made them up in my head. Thanks for remembering them.

By: michelle

michelle — Mon, 21 May 2007 21:55:01 +0000

Hi! I loved the sweet pickles seris. My mom would read to me everyday during naptime at home and I looked forward to it! I wouldn’t trade them for the world!

By: SHARYN

SHARYN — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:03:06 +0000

Hey, gang. I’m a sixty-something Gramma who loved those Sweet Pickles books. We had the entire 26 books plus some additional ones. And now my granddaughter is enjoying those books, because her momma loved them as much as I did. AND NO THEY ARE NOT FOR SALE! No amount of money can replace the joy and delight of reading about Clever Camel, Responsible Rabbit, Enormous Elephant, Jealous Jackal, and others.We also have the 33 1/3 record with all the songs. But I want a cassette or CD of those songs. Does anyone know where I can get the CD?

By: sweet pickle-less

sweet pickle-less — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:18:12 +0000

Omigosh! Autumn, I have the same problem! I used to look out the window waiting for that stupid bus to come and it never did. I used to have the whole series as well as the I Can Read books until my parents made me get rid of them. Also, just like you, my friends have no idea what a Sweet Pickle is and they think I’m crazy. Tragedy.

By: Autumn

Autumn — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 03:39:58 +0000

I also loved the Sweet Pickles series. I remember as a child watching the commercials and being disappointed that I missed the bus that dropped them off every month. I had the entire series until later when my much younger siblings destroyed them. I did find a book randomly at my parents place over Christmas and now I am trying to look for a set for my kids. I am surprised that with so many people looking for them that they wouldn’t print a few sets as new vintage limited editions.
Oh, yes and people I know have no clue about Sweet Pickles and think I am crazy.

By: Missy

Missy — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:03:22 +0000

I am looking for a Sweet Pickles record that I had when I was a kid. All I remember is jealous jackal singing “Behind my back they call me jealous jackal, and ooooh that makes me pretty mad!” I wore that record out and I have never been able to find it anywhere or know of anyone who even remembers it except my sister. If anyone knows of one please let me know. I will pay well for it.

By: Brandi

Brandi — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:37:45 +0000

I recently found some at an antique store – made me feel old (: I loved Sweet Pickles books – the character, the map, the messages – and am looking forward to sharing them with my son. Too bad there is not a fan website or something specifically for Sweet Pickles books.

By: Scott Miller

Scott Miller — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:55:00 +0000

If anyone did have the cassette tape, I would love to get a copy of it.

By: Scott Miller

Scott Miller — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:45:39 +0000

We also had the Sweet Pickle books as kids. Does anyone remember a cassette tape that came with the Special Series of Books. The cassette tape had songs on it and it may have also read each book page by page. The titles of some of the Special Series Books were, “What a Mess”, “Rainy Day Parade”, “What’s so Great about Nice”.
Also, http://www.ebay.com have full sets of the books and you can find individual books on a number of sites including http://www.alibris.com

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:50:49 +0000

I think my favorite was Yakety Yak Yak Yak.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:31:09 +0000

I have been wanting a set of these books. I too thought I was the only one who had read them. My favorite was Zany Zebra(eat dessert first) I am now going to start searching to rebuild my set.

By: Hope Turner

Hope Turner — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 16:49:06 +0000

OK. I can’t resist. I am 57 years old and I too love Sweet Pickles! And of course I identify with all of you who say, “No one’s ever heard of them!” I read them to my sons when they were little guys. Now I have granddaughters! I am lacking eight of the original series and would love to add them to the ones I read the boys. Maybe someday.

By: Jan rolwes

Jan rolwes — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 05:20:51 +0000

I have three Sweet Pickles books that I am willing to sell. Contact me if you are interested.

By: Byron

Byron — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 03:10:16 +0000

Sweet Pickles were great. I never had the full set or anything—actually I may not have had any of the books—but I do remember them at my elementary school library, doctor’s offices, etc.

I remember once being at a store with my family and finding a Sweet Pickles book of a different format from the series, and a record (didn’t go with the book, it was just a different SP record). I think the book was about Zany Zebra, and I remember the record…it was a small, extremely flimsy record (we’re talkin’ like, deli-sliced ham thin here) and it featured Fearless Fish. It even began and ended with a Sweet Pickles theme song, which was so cool to hear. Man I’d love to find a Sweet Pickles record again…

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 16:35:51 +0000

Sweet Pickles Rock! I am taking a class on childrens literature and was assigned a project on childrens authors and publishers. The first idea for my topic was those Sweet Pickles books that I read as a child. I remember having the bus, although I don’t remember the bus ever coming to my house. Last weekend, I went to my mothers house in search of my long lost books and found only ten. My question is; where do I find more information about sweet pickles and its creators? I googled many options and used other search engines. I want to use these books as part of my project but cannot find any information. Can anyone help?

By: Dawn

Dawn — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:32:01 +0000

I’m another one who came across this site looking for information on Sweet Pickles books. I loved these unforgettable books too. Only 6 survived from my early childhood and I recently found 3 at garage sale for 10 cents each and they were a lot better looking than mine! They are a big hit with my son who’s almost 5. Now he knows what I’m talking about when I use the expressions “down in the dumps” or ” a pain in the mane”, etc.

It would be nice if there were a Sweet Pickles fan site where we could trade eachother any of the books we might come across that we don’t need (for example I recently passed up a 25-cent Goof Off Goose because we already have it, but I should have bought it anyway!).

Oh and like the rest of you I never knew anyone who had read these books either. I always knew they were special.

By: Eric Garcia

Eric Garcia — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 06:09:24 +0000

I was a huge Sweet Pickles fan when I was a kid; I remember how thrilled I was when a new one would arrive each week.

I don’t know how I knew then that books and reading would mean as much to my child as they did to me, but I saved every single one of my childhood books, and forced my parents to keep boxes and boxes in their house while I grew up and went off to college…

And now, 25 years later, I’ve got the entire Sweet Pickles series, A to Z, which have become my 6-year-old daughter’s favorite books. I can’t tell you how happy that makes me, on so many levels.

Thanks for sharing your memories, and bringing back my own!

By: Deidre

Deidre — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 16:12:27 +0000

I had these books when I was alittle girl. I would like to know where I can buy these books for my children.

By: Kathy French

Kathy French — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:05:28 +0000

I was searching the web for Sweet Pickle. There is a van in my town painted like the Sweet Pickle bus, the who owns it has never even heard of Sweet Pickle. My sister is the only person I know that knows what I’m talking about when I say Sweet Pickle.

Needless to say, seeing these other postings made me feel slightly more sane, since other people knew too:)

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 24 May 2006 00:23:38 +0000

I absolutely loved the Sweet Pickles series and had the entire set when I was young. I recently saw some on Ebay and bid on the them. My mom had sold mine at a rummage sale years ago. She regrets doing that and now, I’m trying to collect the whole set again to share with my kids. Boy, they bring back a lot of memories. Anyone remember the little map of the town on the inside back cover of every book. I think I knew the town by heart!