Pumpernickel Tickle & Mean Green Cheese [Hardcover]

Nancy Patz (Author, Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2000

Benjamin and Elephant are sent to the store to buy some groceries but Elephant makes so many rhymes and puns on the list that they forget what they are supposed to buy.

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Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Baltimore Sun (June 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1893116174
• ISBN-13: 978-1893116177
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,047,758 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rolling on the floor laughing, April 4, 2001

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Mitch (Baltimore, Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pumpernickel Tickle & Mean Green Cheese (Hardcover)

My children, ages 8 and 6, love reading this book together. They usually end up rolling on the floor laughing about the silly words the boy and his elephant friend make up. I highly recommend this book for entertaining family reading.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful book to read aloud, May 6, 2003

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M. F. White "mfwhite--a2" (Ann Arbor, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pumpernickel Tickle & Mean Green Cheese (Hardcover)

I am so glad this book is back in print. I read it over and over to both my kids when they were small and have wanted to give it to every parent of a word-playful child since then. The pictures are great, too, enhancing the story without being too distracting and busy.

2.0 out of 5 stars Did not like the "yelling" in the book, October 3, 2011

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This review is from: Pumpernickel Tickle & Mean Green Cheese (Hardcover)

I bought this book for my son when he was around 5 or 6 years old. While I liked the silly rhyming and concur that it is a fun read, I did not like the anger that Benjamin displayed in the book. Benjamin's responses to Elephant's attempts to make him forget his grocery list grew angrier until he was essentially yelling at Elephant. The anger was depicted by the increasingly large font size and the illustrations.

I ended up using the book as a springboard to discuss what would have been an appropriate way for Benjamin to react, and an appropriate way to treat his friend. We also brainstormed things Benjamin could have done in order to ensure he remembered the items on his list.

But after a few reads, I gave the book to Goodwill. Who knew a used copy would be priced at close to $100?!