• Age: 1 to 18
• Grade: p to 12

For over twenty-five years, Crane’s comic strip, Pickles, has been delighting readers around the world, and for the first time Brian Crane brings his beloved characters into a book intended specifically for children. Crane’s crotchety but endearing senior, Earl Pickles, can be humorous and often touching, and when his precocious grandson, Nelson, asks his gramps to tell him a story, Earl’s imagination takes over. The two embark on a journey filled with whales, hot dogs, and an intense but lovable ostrich in a raincoat. Written by acclaimed Canadian children’s author Dianne Young, this quirky tale is sure to entertain children, fans of the strip, and anybody who enjoys a rollicking adventure.

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Dianne Young won the 1992 Saskatchewan Writers Guild Literary Award for Children's Literature. Her previous titles include A World of Difference and Purple Hair? I Don't Care! Dianne lives in Martensville, Saskatchewan.

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• “I think I might love it!” - Scarlet (age 6)

• “I like it when my gramps tells me stories like [this]!” - Liam (age 4)

• “Ostrich! Whale! I like that. I want that.” - Padgett (age 2)

• “I like that the kid is correct and the grandpa is all wrong! That grandpa is so silly!” - Nate (age 10)

• “Oh . . . I get it!” - Alice (age 10)