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Parker Brothers Story Book: Strawberry Shortcake
Strawberry Shortcake and Pets on Parade
When Strawberry Shortcake judges a pet show, the Purple Pieman and Sour Grapes try to spoil the fun and win first prize for themselves.
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- GenresChildrens
44 pages, Hardcover
First published August 1, 1983
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About the author
Kathleen N. Daly
107 books12 followersKathleen N. Daly was born in London but spent her childhood on the island of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean, and in France and Scotland. Ms. Daly has been a children's book editor in both England and America, and is the author of more than thirty books for children, many of them on plants and animals of the world. She now makes her home in New York City. (1977)
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July 1, 2017
I grew up with knowing Strawberry Shortcake but I don't remember much of the plots that were given for her and her friends so this book was bit of a refresher for me.
The story was cute and followed the good-vs-bad/teach a lesson that many books and children's tv shows offered during the same timeframe. It was simple to read, had bright pictures, a memorable cast and was good wholesome reading. My nieces will love it....
The story was cute and followed the good-vs-bad/teach a lesson that many books and children's tv shows offered during the same timeframe. It was simple to read, had bright pictures, a memorable cast and was good wholesome reading. My nieces will love it....
August 1, 2025
Strawberry Shortcake and Pets on Parade (Update)
Strawberry tells the Mr. Sun she’s headed to the pet parade. Custard won last year and this year’s first prize is a beautiful scooter. Purple Pie man is spying on Strawberry behind a tree and cringing at the berry talk she’s using with Mr. Sun, but he tells Captain Cackle he wants that scooter and he’s going to win it for him. He acknowledges that he might look a little rough now but after he gets him all clean up he’s sure to win first prize. Then he comes up with a scheme.
His new pie cart has cages in it. If he steals all the other pets, Captain Cackle will win by default. Only the cart is too heavy to push so he has to use the trolley tracks. But the trolley starts to come around the tracks and Sour Grapes is (driving? Riding?) gets out. She reminds him of their old partnership and introduces her snake Dregs. Pieman isn’t happy at all to see them. Particularly not Dregs. He’s scared of snakes. The only thing he hates more is berry talk. Sour Grapes tells him have no fear. With her around she can make Strawberry look foolish. Cause when it comes to cheat’n she can’t be beaten.
Sour and Pieman quickly hatch an evil plan and plot to go to Strawberry’s so they can do a little “grinching”. In the meanwhile, Strawberry has gone to the Sunflower Market and sees a little girl. She’s very polite. Strawberry asks her if she has a pet to enter in the parade and she sadly says she doesn’t. Strawberry says maybe they can find her one and she says yes please.
Meanwhile, Custard runs into a new pet (a pretty skunk). He finds out he’s new to the area. He’s been chased away from every where else but he’d like to stay in Strawberry land. Custard asks his name and he says he thinks it’s EEK! Cause that’s what people say when they see him. Custard asks is he gone be in the parade. He says he would if he had a kid. Custard wishes him good luck on finding one. Good kids are hard to find. Then he tells him goodbye.
The show starts. The music starts. The pets come up on the stage. Huckleberry Pie and Pupcake are up first. Pupcake jumps around and receives a 8 as a score. Apricot and Hopsalot go next and Apricot says Apricot is fantastic but Lemon Meringue says Frappe can hop higher. Apple Dumplin goes next with Teatime Turtle. They’re all so great that Strawberry doesn’t know who she’ll give the prize too.
Then Rhubarb comes up and does a cartwheel. Next there’s the talent show. But suddenly a man comes up to Strawberry with a red nose and says he has a package for her. Strawberry hears a hum coming from it but just puts it in the corner and says she’ll open it later. The mailman laughs and says she fell for it. The mailman is the Purple Pieman.
Hopsalot makes a carrot disappear. Teatime Turtle makes himself disappear. When everyone’s done, Strawberry starts to announce the winner. Pieman interrupts and says there are two more contestants. Then he introduces Dregs and Captain Cackle. Custard (whose now reverted back to an animal when before he could TALK) yowls in protest, but Strawberry tells him that everyone gets a chance at the prize.
The bird and the snake start to sing and it’s beautiful. Everyone applauds and cheers. Angel Cake shouts out “MORE!” And they start to sing again. But then they start singing the same words over and over. Strawberry says they should like a broken record. It turns out the package *was* a record player. There’s a note that’s on the package thanking Strawberry for helping them cheat so the kids boo Strawberry and think she was in on it. Strawberry gets so upset she runs off the stage and starts crying.
“EEK” consoles her and gives her some words of encouragement. He says he knows what it’s like to have people blame you for things you didn’t do, but to win you have to hold up your chin and stand strong. He tells her to FIGHT BACK!
She says he’s right. She didn’t cheat and she won’t let the Purple Pan Man ruin her good name. On stage, Purple Pieman and Sour Grapes are bad mouthing Strawberry saying she cheats all the time. As a matter of fact, we all cheat because cheating feels soooo good. Wellll... I mean but moving on. Strawberry storms the stage and says she did not cheat. She’s going to fight back. Pieman jumps behind Sour Grapes thinking she means like physically fight him which is too funny because he’s a GROWN MAN and she’s a little girl. What’s she gonna do kick him in the shins? He’s taller than her.
But she says she’ll talk berry talk all day and night until he tells the truth. YEEEAAH I don’t think this would work because all he’d have to do is say yeah ok, run home, and lock her out. Unless of course, she shows up at his house and waits for him to come out every day and follows him to wherever he goes. But he caves and admits he did it but throws Sour Grapes under the bus and says it was her idea.
Sour Grape calls him a punk “a horrible creature” and tries to smack him with Dreg’s tail. He screams like a girl (and I’m imagining takes off running back to his castle). Strawberry credits EEK and they declare him the winnder. Angel Cake says that for a pet to win, it has to have a child to love it. Straberry says truue. Angel Cake says she’ll love him. Then she gives him the name Souffle. They then hop on the scooter and lead the way to the picnic.
Strawberry tells Mr. Sun today turned out to be the perfect place to be. He says every day is the perfect place to be when you have someone that loves you. AWWW! VERY TRUE!
My Thoughts:
I just wonder how in the world Pieman and Sour Grapes thought this plan would work. How did this plan even half work? I had a record player as a child. You can’t just …. It’s not like a camera that you can set an auto timer for and it takes the picture. Or in this case plays the music. You have to put the record on the player. You have to take the arm and set the needle down on the record on a certain spot. I have yet to see one that just operates ON ITS OWN. And then you have to careful not to jostle the player. It’s funny how you just go along with stuff when you’re a kid and don’t even question it until your older.
But I did agree with every day being the perfect day when you have the love of something. I don’t have a real pet but I do have a stuffed pet (a black kitten with yellow eyes) that I treat like a real pet that I LOVE TO PIECES! And I also have other little stuffed pets that I love just as much! So it kinda gave me the feels when Angel Cake and Souffle found each other. That was my favorite part of the whole book.
And weird was it that Custard TALKS in this book, where he’s never talked in any of the movies or any of the other books. Then I thought can the other pets talk to and just don’t do it in front of their owners.
Rating: 7
Strawberry tells the Mr. Sun she’s headed to the pet parade. Custard won last year and this year’s first prize is a beautiful scooter. Purple Pie man is spying on Strawberry behind a tree and cringing at the berry talk she’s using with Mr. Sun, but he tells Captain Cackle he wants that scooter and he’s going to win it for him. He acknowledges that he might look a little rough now but after he gets him all clean up he’s sure to win first prize. Then he comes up with a scheme.
His new pie cart has cages in it. If he steals all the other pets, Captain Cackle will win by default. Only the cart is too heavy to push so he has to use the trolley tracks. But the trolley starts to come around the tracks and Sour Grapes is (driving? Riding?) gets out. She reminds him of their old partnership and introduces her snake Dregs. Pieman isn’t happy at all to see them. Particularly not Dregs. He’s scared of snakes. The only thing he hates more is berry talk. Sour Grapes tells him have no fear. With her around she can make Strawberry look foolish. Cause when it comes to cheat’n she can’t be beaten.
Sour and Pieman quickly hatch an evil plan and plot to go to Strawberry’s so they can do a little “grinching”. In the meanwhile, Strawberry has gone to the Sunflower Market and sees a little girl. She’s very polite. Strawberry asks her if she has a pet to enter in the parade and she sadly says she doesn’t. Strawberry says maybe they can find her one and she says yes please.
Meanwhile, Custard runs into a new pet (a pretty skunk). He finds out he’s new to the area. He’s been chased away from every where else but he’d like to stay in Strawberry land. Custard asks his name and he says he thinks it’s EEK! Cause that’s what people say when they see him. Custard asks is he gone be in the parade. He says he would if he had a kid. Custard wishes him good luck on finding one. Good kids are hard to find. Then he tells him goodbye.
The show starts. The music starts. The pets come up on the stage. Huckleberry Pie and Pupcake are up first. Pupcake jumps around and receives a 8 as a score. Apricot and Hopsalot go next and Apricot says Apricot is fantastic but Lemon Meringue says Frappe can hop higher. Apple Dumplin goes next with Teatime Turtle. They’re all so great that Strawberry doesn’t know who she’ll give the prize too.
Then Rhubarb comes up and does a cartwheel. Next there’s the talent show. But suddenly a man comes up to Strawberry with a red nose and says he has a package for her. Strawberry hears a hum coming from it but just puts it in the corner and says she’ll open it later. The mailman laughs and says she fell for it. The mailman is the Purple Pieman.
Hopsalot makes a carrot disappear. Teatime Turtle makes himself disappear. When everyone’s done, Strawberry starts to announce the winner. Pieman interrupts and says there are two more contestants. Then he introduces Dregs and Captain Cackle. Custard (whose now reverted back to an animal when before he could TALK) yowls in protest, but Strawberry tells him that everyone gets a chance at the prize.
The bird and the snake start to sing and it’s beautiful. Everyone applauds and cheers. Angel Cake shouts out “MORE!” And they start to sing again. But then they start singing the same words over and over. Strawberry says they should like a broken record. It turns out the package *was* a record player. There’s a note that’s on the package thanking Strawberry for helping them cheat so the kids boo Strawberry and think she was in on it. Strawberry gets so upset she runs off the stage and starts crying.
“EEK” consoles her and gives her some words of encouragement. He says he knows what it’s like to have people blame you for things you didn’t do, but to win you have to hold up your chin and stand strong. He tells her to FIGHT BACK!
She says he’s right. She didn’t cheat and she won’t let the Purple Pan Man ruin her good name. On stage, Purple Pieman and Sour Grapes are bad mouthing Strawberry saying she cheats all the time. As a matter of fact, we all cheat because cheating feels soooo good. Wellll... I mean but moving on. Strawberry storms the stage and says she did not cheat. She’s going to fight back. Pieman jumps behind Sour Grapes thinking she means like physically fight him which is too funny because he’s a GROWN MAN and she’s a little girl. What’s she gonna do kick him in the shins? He’s taller than her.
But she says she’ll talk berry talk all day and night until he tells the truth. YEEEAAH I don’t think this would work because all he’d have to do is say yeah ok, run home, and lock her out. Unless of course, she shows up at his house and waits for him to come out every day and follows him to wherever he goes. But he caves and admits he did it but throws Sour Grapes under the bus and says it was her idea.
Sour Grape calls him a punk “a horrible creature” and tries to smack him with Dreg’s tail. He screams like a girl (and I’m imagining takes off running back to his castle). Strawberry credits EEK and they declare him the winnder. Angel Cake says that for a pet to win, it has to have a child to love it. Straberry says truue. Angel Cake says she’ll love him. Then she gives him the name Souffle. They then hop on the scooter and lead the way to the picnic.
Strawberry tells Mr. Sun today turned out to be the perfect place to be. He says every day is the perfect place to be when you have someone that loves you. AWWW! VERY TRUE!
My Thoughts:
I just wonder how in the world Pieman and Sour Grapes thought this plan would work. How did this plan even half work? I had a record player as a child. You can’t just …. It’s not like a camera that you can set an auto timer for and it takes the picture. Or in this case plays the music. You have to put the record on the player. You have to take the arm and set the needle down on the record on a certain spot. I have yet to see one that just operates ON ITS OWN. And then you have to careful not to jostle the player. It’s funny how you just go along with stuff when you’re a kid and don’t even question it until your older.
But I did agree with every day being the perfect day when you have the love of something. I don’t have a real pet but I do have a stuffed pet (a black kitten with yellow eyes) that I treat like a real pet that I LOVE TO PIECES! And I also have other little stuffed pets that I love just as much! So it kinda gave me the feels when Angel Cake and Souffle found each other. That was my favorite part of the whole book.
And weird was it that Custard TALKS in this book, where he’s never talked in any of the movies or any of the other books. Then I thought can the other pets talk to and just don’t do it in front of their owners.
Rating: 7
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December 20, 2018
I've been tracking down inexpensive used copies of the original Strawberry Shortcake children's books. I blame childhood nostalgia. This is the first in this particular series I've read, one of six over-sized hardcovers with illustrations inspired by the TV series that were published by toy company Parker Brothers. I know Kenner licensed the right to produce the original Strawberry Shortcake toys, but I didn't know it was a subsidiary of Parker Brothers, nor that it launched a publishing division in 1983. (Parker Brothers has since been acquired by Hasbro.)
This book is based on the Strawberry Shortcake animated special of the same name, and follows the same basic plot. (This was my favorite of the Strawberry Shortcake specials.) The kids have a pet talent show, and a new kid, Angel Cake, is introduced as a kid without a pet. Fortunately, there's also an animal who wants a kid. The only difference I noticed between the book and TV show was in the book, the prize for the winner of the contest is a scooter, where in the TV show it was a tricycle. As with all the Strawberry Shortcake specials, the tricycle was based on an identical toy you could buy. I'm not sure why they changed it in the book--perhaps they felt a scooter was more appealing to modern kids. Maybe they were selling scooters. Or the book was written before the TV show was finalized and they changed the original script, perhaps because the tricycle worked better as a toy. Even today, movie tie-ins of books usually need to be finished well ahead of most TV-version deadlines. After all, you actually have to print and ship copies of books to stores, not just magically beam them onto screens in people’s homes. (Well, unless they’re ebook originals....)
Based on the titles, I think two of the other books in this series were based on the two earlier animated specials, but the others look like they have original storylines.
This book is based on the Strawberry Shortcake animated special of the same name, and follows the same basic plot. (This was my favorite of the Strawberry Shortcake specials.) The kids have a pet talent show, and a new kid, Angel Cake, is introduced as a kid without a pet. Fortunately, there's also an animal who wants a kid. The only difference I noticed between the book and TV show was in the book, the prize for the winner of the contest is a scooter, where in the TV show it was a tricycle. As with all the Strawberry Shortcake specials, the tricycle was based on an identical toy you could buy. I'm not sure why they changed it in the book--perhaps they felt a scooter was more appealing to modern kids. Maybe they were selling scooters. Or the book was written before the TV show was finalized and they changed the original script, perhaps because the tricycle worked better as a toy. Even today, movie tie-ins of books usually need to be finished well ahead of most TV-version deadlines. After all, you actually have to print and ship copies of books to stores, not just magically beam them onto screens in people’s homes. (Well, unless they’re ebook originals....)
Based on the titles, I think two of the other books in this series were based on the two earlier animated specials, but the others look like they have original storylines.
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