The Tale of Ginger and Pickles by Beatrix Potter
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"The Tale of Ginger and Pickles" by Beatrix Potter is a children's book written and illustrated in 1909. This charming story follows two shopkeepers—a tomcat and a terrier—who run a village store where they generously extend unlimited credit to all their customers. Their kindness, however, leads to unexpected financial trouble. Through this tale of business and survival, Potter explores themes of the market economy while filling her pages with beloved characters from
her previous stories. The book offers both a gentle lesson and Potter's signature wit. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Tale of Ginger and Pickles |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_Ginger_and_Pickles |
| Credits |
Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Melissa Er-Raqabi and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 75.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Dogs -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Animals -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Cats -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Stores, Retail -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 14877 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-14877-9 |
| Release Date | Feb 2, 2005 |
| Last Update | Dec 19, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1280 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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