The Powerful Pickle Problem — Sally Farrell Odgers

Grandad Pickle s Pickle Palace makes the best pickles in the world. There s Plain Pickle, Popular Pickle, Particular Pickle, Perfect Pickle, Princely Pickle . . . .. . Best of all is Powerful Pickle. It is the choicest, tastiest, most original pickle ever known. All around Copper Creek, Powerful Pickle is famous. Life at Copper Creek wouldn t be the same without it. But one day disaster strikes. Grandad Pickle falls off Bess the horse and bumps his head and forgets the special secret ingredient for his Powerful Pickle recipe! Now Grandad Pickle is grumpy as he has never been grumpy before, and even Granny Polly isn t her usual cheerful self. Robert and Anne must do something before it s too late! But can they restore Grandad Pickle s memory? What will happen to the Pickle Palace s reputation? Is Powerful Pickle doomed to be lost forever? Powerful Pickle powerful problem! A delightful picture of country life in the early 1930s.