Hickle the Pickle

HICKLE THE PICKLE; is a delightful children's book written in story & rhyme by Josephine A. Smith & illustrated by May Dowley. Follow the adventures of Hickle the Pickle, who as a special cucumber seed only used by pickle factories, gets mixed up with a bunch of wrong seeds & is planted in someone's backyard garden. As a cucumber who would not settle for being sliced as bread & butter pickles, or being put into potato salad, Hickle leaves his clinging vine in search of adventure. "HICKLE THE PICKLE has been on local & national news & is becoming quite an interesting dill!" HICKLE THE PICKLE is the first in a series of eight Hickle books. ISBN 1-881958-00-0. OFF THE VINE DOIN' FINE; The second in a series also in story & rhyme, written by Josephine A. Smith & illustrated by May Dowley. On the way to the pickle factory Hickle saw some interesting things. Boys on the playground playing on swings. Children eating ice cream cones & having fun. Hickle decided at that point, "I WANT TO BE A LITTLE BOY!!!" He causes quite a mess when he escapes from the vat & hides, only to be found & taken home with one of the workers. Sarah tries to help Hickle adjust to the outside world, which is a full time job. ISBN: 1-881958-01-9.Smith, Josephine A. is the author of 'Hickle the Pickle', published 1992 under ISBN 9781881958000 and ISBN 1881958000.