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40 pp.
| Peter Pauper
| March, 2016
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4413-1933-3$16.99
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Kelly Canby.
Phil, a pickle, wants more from life than to end up "next to a burger and fries on a plate," so he auditions for--and ultimately wins--a spot in a TV commercial. Everything here seems crisper-drawer fresh: there are pickle-related jokes (Phil fights back "briny tears"), pop culture references for grownups, and visual gags in the sometimes overstuffed layouts.