I don't know what it was exactly about this book, but I REALLY liked it as a kid and now I want to be able to share it with my twin boys (age 4). Wish I knew what happened to my copy! Definitely worth sharing with a whole new generation. LIVE ON PICKLE PICKLE PICKLE JUICE!! (ha ha)

This was my favorite book when I was little, and as other reviews have mentioned, there is alot of repetition in it. Easy for a child to memorize and I loved "reading" it to my parents. I had done a search on Amazon.com for this books many many months ago and it was no where to be found. I knew it couldn't be true, but it felt like perhaps I was the only one who had ever read this book, lol. I have no idea what happened to my copy, although I do remember the front cover falling off, I had read it so many times. Sure wish I still had it to share with my children now...

I remember going to the library with my mum and filling the 50 book limit with these types of paperback childrens books when I was a little girl. This one, however, is the only one I still know the words to. Not that it is some impressive feat, but it is a book that played a major role in my childhood. I remember curling up on one of my parent's laps, pulling this book out of the pile, and giggling at the repetitive "pickle juice" refrain. It was also the first book I learned to read aloud! It is too bad that the book is out of print, though; since I always checked it out of the library, I don't have a copy of my own. When I have a child, I hope to read it to them, reliving my memories and still laughing along with the ridiculously adorable story line.

I have been a fan of Blair Drawson's work for many years. "Flying Dimitri" is particularly interesting to me because it is so imaginative and fanciful, and it makes me wonder what happened to Dimitri's mother. I'll bet she looked a lot like the queen of Mars! The paintings in this book are at the same time very pretty and very strange. Highly recommended!

My kids all love this book. I love the vibrant and imaginatively drawn pictures, and we are all big Blair Drawson fans. Sometimes when we go for walks in the part we pretend to be trees, just like Mary Margaret! This would be a very good book for teachers to read their children in the spring time.