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The Tale of Ginger and Pickles (Potter)

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Ginger and Pickles, a cat and dog who run a dry goods store are failing in business by giving unlimited credit. Their sales are enormous but there is never any money in the till. They restrain their natural desire to eat their rodent customers and sustain themselves by consuming inventory. Finally, they are forced to close the store when they cannot pay the annual tax bill. The store is later reopened by an enterprising chicken who gets a little flustered counting change, but nevertheless brings the story to a happy ending.

Ginger and Pickles (I love those names!) are two kind hearted shop keepers that are unfortunate to be largely taken advantage of. They offer their customers credit, and those customers ultimately never end up paying Ginger and Pickles back. They end up going bankrupt and closing the store.

After the closing, the former customers of that shop end up going to the only other store in town that took advantage of the closing by raising their prices. Having to deal with this, and some of the other trade-men's unfriendly customer service policies, the animal populace rejoices when Sally Hen-penny decides to reopen Ginger and Pickles' old store. She only accepts cash, but has great prices.

In the end, the customers are happy, however, the reality of how Ginger and Pickles were walked over is never addressed. There doesn't really seem to be a moral of this story, just a happy ending. It's cute, and I think your child will enjoy the story.

Darien Summers, author of The Mischievous Hare, a children's book. The Mischievous Hare

If I had paid for this kindle book I would be completely disappointed! It is a short story but feels like it goes on forever. Overall the best part of the story is when Ginger and Pickles discuss their frustration on not eating the customers. Overall boring. It also mentions them selling snuff a few times. My children kept asking me what snuff was. That was the only part of the story that stood out to them. My nine year old didn't want me to finish the story and my four year old kept interrupting. Not worth keeping, we deleted it. But it is great that there are free kindle books, I guess when you download free books you will get a few duds once in awhile.

My children have Peter Rabbit in the same format. The story of Ginger and Pickles is dull. My children who will sit through chapters of books were up and gone before we even got halfway through Ginger and Pickles. Some of the pictures are beautiful. Many are just simple sketches, with no color. I was hoping for another treasured classic, since they love Peter Rabbit, but this one was definitely a dud. The book looks pretty sitting on the shelf, but that is where it stays.

The story is about a Ginger and Pickles (hence the title), a cat and a dog who run a dry good store. They have great services and great sales but too great that they actually let their customers goes on credit till their business just went bankcrupt because nobody actually pays for their goods when they buys them. Eventually, their store reopens, bringing greater profits.

This book has wonderful illustrations for the kids to enjoy. But I must admit, I don't really quite enjoy this book, and just reading it through to check it out. But of course, I can't speak for others.