Pickle Puss

By Patricia Reilly Giff

Book Overview

It's August, and Emily has big plans at the library. She's going to read lots of books and tack a paper fish next to her name for each one. Then Dawn Bosco says she can read more books than Emily. Not only that, both Emily and Dawn want to keep Pickle Puss, a stray cat thay found. They decide that whoever reads the most books can keep cat. When Emily adds a fish for a book she read along time ago, she has one more fish than Dawn. She knows she's cheating, but she wants to keep the cat. What a pickle she's in.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440468442
• ISBN13: 9780440468448
• Release Date: July 1986
• Publisher: Yearling Books
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.2" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4

Customer Reviews

PICKLE PUSS

IT'S AUGUST AND EMILY HAS BIG PLANDS AT THE LIBRARY. SHE'S GOING TO READ LOTS OF BOOKS AND TACK A PAPER FISH NEXT TO HER NAME FOR EACH ONE. THEN DAWN BOSCO SAYS SHE CAN READ MORE BOOKS THAN EMILY. NOT ONLY THAT BUT BOTH EMILY AND DAWN WANT TO KEEP PICKLE PUSS A STRAY CAT THEY FOUND. THEY DECIDE THAT WHO-EVER READS MORE BOOKS CAN KEEP THE CAT/ WHEN EMILY ADDS A FISH FOR A BOOK SHE READ A LONG TIME AGO SHE HAS ONE MORE FISH THAN DAWN. SHE KNOWS SHE'S CHEATING BUT SHE WANTS TO KEEP THE CAT. WHAT A PICKLE SHE'S IN.

Good book for beginner

my son read this at his school and liked it so much we bought it.