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Sweet Pickles #19
Stork Spills the Beans
Smarty Stork expounds facts and figures on all subjects. The town’s resident expert, he has a ready answer for every question, often telling others more than they ever wanted to know.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published March 1, 1977
About the author
Richard Hefter
108 books7 followersRichard Hefter met children's author Jacquelyn Reinach in 1975. He was contracted at the time to write 26 books for the publishers Holt. After the contract expired he formed a publishing venture, Euphrosyne, with Reinach.
He is known as the creator of Stickybear and as the co-creator (with Reinach) and illustrator for the Sweet Pickles[1] library of books, and for the Strawberry Library of First Learning. The Sweet Pickles series went on to sell 40 million copies. Hefter described his aim as "trying to help children understand things like shyness, laziness and embarrassment in a humorous way."
He is known as the creator of Stickybear and as the co-creator (with Reinach) and illustrator for the Sweet Pickles[1] library of books, and for the Strawberry Library of First Learning. The Sweet Pickles series went on to sell 40 million copies. Hefter described his aim as "trying to help children understand things like shyness, laziness and embarrassment in a humorous way."
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May 20, 2020
Alligator and Lion are sitting in the park wondering where babies come from. Alligator knows they are born under a cabbage leaf while Lion knows they are delivered by the Stork. Elephant tells them they are both wrong and need to ask Stork himself.
They all head over to the post office and ask Stork who is the post master if he delivers babies. Stork has a few pages of build-up after telling them he has never delivered a baby.
Spoilers:
Babies come from mommies.
Maybe this was a big deal back in the 70's, but our kids know all about it, so they found this story totally silly. After we read it, we decided to come up with other weird ways babies could be born like Alligator. The nephew's idea was that every time a rabbit farts, a baby is born. The niece posited that a parent buys a barbie doll and it turns into a baby at some point. They laughed at these ideas. We did have fun reading this. They both gave it 3 stars.
They all head over to the post office and ask Stork who is the post master if he delivers babies. Stork has a few pages of build-up after telling them he has never delivered a baby.
Spoilers:
Babies come from mommies.
Maybe this was a big deal back in the 70's, but our kids know all about it, so they found this story totally silly. After we read it, we decided to come up with other weird ways babies could be born like Alligator. The nephew's idea was that every time a rabbit farts, a baby is born. The niece posited that a parent buys a barbie doll and it turns into a baby at some point. They laughed at these ideas. We did have fun reading this. They both gave it 3 stars.
February 25, 2020
The suspense of wondering just how much Stork was getting ready to spill was a little too much for a bedtime story.
November 20, 2022
This was my mom's book as a little girl, I love it sm
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