Project Gutenberg 2005-02-02 Public domain in the USA. 350 Potter, Beatrix 1866 1943 Potter, Helen Beatrix Heelis, Beatrix The Tale of Ginger and Pickles Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_Ginger_and_Pickles Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Melissa Er-Raqabi and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "The Tale of Ginger and Pickles" by Beatrix Potter is a children's book written in the early 20th century. It tells the story of a quaint village shop owned by two characters: Ginger, a yellow tom-cat, and Pickles, a terrier. The book explores themes of business, community interaction, and the whimsical dynamics within a small market setting. The narrative follows Ginger and Pickles as they run their shop, which offers a variety of goods but operates on a credit system rather than cash transactions. Despite being popular with the local animals, the shop's lack of actual revenue leads to comical predicaments, including the duo having to eat their own stock due to unpaid bills. As pressure mounts from taxes and the threat of police, they eventually decide to close the shop. The closing of "Ginger and Pickles" causes a stir in the village, leading to the establishment of a new shop by Sally Henny Penny, highlighting the community's reliance on their services and the humorous trials of retail life in a charming animal world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 75.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Dogs -- Juvenile fiction Animals -- Juvenile fiction Cats -- Juvenile fiction Stores, Retail -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Picture Books Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Humour Category: British Literature 40263 2025-07-06T11:31:10.777359 text/html 35731 2020-12-19T08:44:24 text/html 1853520 2025-07-06T11:31:15.387469 application/epub+zip 1852197 2025-07-06T11:31:12.704351 application/epub+zip 177561 2025-07-06T11:31:11.352359 application/epub+zip 1314463 2025-07-06T11:31:16.762396 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1305653 2025-07-06T11:31:14.033325 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 80909 2022-09-07T18:47:14.943696 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 27636 2025-07-06T11:31:10.526341 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 27429 2020-12-19T08:44:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 27420 2020-12-19T08:44:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22106 2025-07-06T11:31:16.888365 application/rdf+xml 10042 2025-07-06T11:31:11.419365 image/jpeg 2035 2025-07-06T11:31:11.386354 image/jpeg 10292 2020-12-19T08:44:24 application/octet-stream application/zip 1717360 2020-12-19T08:44:24 application/octet-stream application/zip 10276 2020-12-19T08:44:24 application/octet-stream application/zip 1723596 2025-07-06T11:31:10.855392 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia