Pickle-Chiffon Pie, by Jolly Roger Bradfield, tells the story of a king who loves pickle chiffon pie. However, he has a beautiful daughter which means all the princes in the land like to come over for dinner. That means less pickle-chiffon pie for the king. In order to solve his problem, the king gives the three best princes a test and tells them that the winner will get to marry the princess. Each prince must go to the forest and find the most wonderful thing. The one who finds the very most wonderful thing will be the winner! As each prince explores the forest they find many wonderful things, but it turns out the most wonderful thing of all is not what any of them expected.
Roger Martin Bradfield (also known as “Jolly Roger”) was an American children’s book author and illustrator. His famous works include the Pickle-Chiffon Pie Series, Sesame Street storybooks, There’s an Elephant in the Bathtub, and more.
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