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Sweet Pickles #9
Me Too Iguana
Imitating Iguana has no mind of her own. Incapable of self-direction, she adopts a “Me too!” mentality and blindly follows the crowd. “If everyone is doing it, it must be right!” she exclaims.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published March 1, 1977
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February 25, 2020
Iguana likes everyone else around her so much she wants to be like them. She sees Elephant and wants a trunk, or lion and wants a mane or Zebra and she paints stripes on herself. She loves her green skin, but she wants to look like everyone else. Her friends worry about her when she wants to fly like Stork. They throw a big costume party and everyone dresses up like an iguana to help her value herself.
It’s a great lesson for anyone who has a hard time being themselves all the time. Iguana doesn’t show up much in the Sweet Pickles stories that we have read so she was mostly a new character for us.
The nephew requested this book and he thought it was good. He had to find where Iguana lived at the end of the book. He noticed this was a new one right away. He gave this 4 stars. He can still be in the mood for Sweet Pickles. He did tell me my voices were wrong for certain characters. I’m rusty and forgot who I did which voice for.
It’s a great lesson for anyone who has a hard time being themselves all the time. Iguana doesn’t show up much in the Sweet Pickles stories that we have read so she was mostly a new character for us.
The nephew requested this book and he thought it was good. He had to find where Iguana lived at the end of the book. He noticed this was a new one right away. He gave this 4 stars. He can still be in the mood for Sweet Pickles. He did tell me my voices were wrong for certain characters. I’m rusty and forgot who I did which voice for.
April 5, 2011
This book and Fixed by Camel are the first two I remember reading as a kid. The entire Sweet Pickles series is a masterpiece in my opinion. Maybe I just love the whole alphabet thing. I know I could probably go online and purchase them all, but one of my life goals is to find every one of them at DI. Or the equivalent if I'm not living in Utah. Or Idaho. Currently I need A, H, J, L, M, P, Q, T, V, and Y. Just so you know.
March 3, 2013
I have the original book from when I was a child. I it is in horrible shape but Asherah still likes to read it.
February 27, 2016
This ranks as my favorite book to read aloud to my son (when he was little) I love this book because it is all about being yourself and be happy with who you are in your own skin. I made of voices for all 26 Sweet Pickles characters, but Iguana was my favorite❤️
January 6, 2022
One of my favorite books as a kid! Highly recommended!
February 26, 2014
This was my favorite book as a child. My poor mom probably read it a million times to me. When I found the set at a yard sale I was so stoked that I could share it with my daughter, too!
June 18, 2015
My favorite Sweet Pickles! (Which is saying a lot because I adore these books.) My siblings and I still quote it, and it has a great message about accepting yourself as you are.
September 11, 2007
Another one that I distinctly remember. I have all of them, but don't need to read this one again to know that it's one of my favorites...yep, lil ole self-centered me!
September 15, 2009
ME TOO, IGUANA is my favorite among the Sweet Pickles publication. Does anyone remember Sweet Pickles other than me?
March 11, 2011
I read a ton of these. Hell if I remember which ones. I had the Avon bath toys or whatever too.
September 10, 2016
An absolute gem of my childhood. Iguana is so cute!
October 23, 2020
ANY Sweet Pickles books will get 5 stars from me. This was the coolest set of books to own in the early 80's! I even had the sweet van that the books all came in as a set! I'm now re-reading them with my family and their next generations. They are still fun books with stories that are still relevant, even as time passes.
January 17, 2020
These books are a throwback to my childhood and I enjoy revisiting them. In this one Iguana wants to imitate everyone else but learns it is just fine to be yourself.
July 1, 2017
I definitely remember reading some of the Sweet Pickle series although it was never the whole stories. My generation seemed to have so many morality tells that always gave you a sweet book with a lesson to learn while I wish sometimes there were more books like that for today's generation.
Me Too Iguana is just your Plain Jane who thinks you have to cover yourself in peacock feathers for anyone to notice you. And yet her friends know the problem almost right away. It is a treasure to be passed on.
The only oddbit for this book was Zany Zebra bathing in the carwash... That isn't zany but needing to get your head checked!
Me Too Iguana is just your Plain Jane who thinks you have to cover yourself in peacock feathers for anyone to notice you. And yet her friends know the problem almost right away. It is a treasure to be passed on.
The only oddbit for this book was Zany Zebra bathing in the carwash... That isn't zany but needing to get your head checked!
July 30, 2008
I remember this being my favorite of the Sweet Pickles books. All of them involved stories of solving some central character flaw in the protagonist, and the treatment they gave Iguana in this one was pretty clever.
February 13, 2018
As a kid I know I read several of these Sweet Pickles stories. Me Too Iguana is short, sweetly funny, and has a point. It's about thinking what everybody else has is better and then learning to appreciate exactly who you are.
November 5, 2009
OMG!!!! SWEET Pickles!!! my faves when i was little!! i had the whole set and the one in the little van box!! aaahhh, the memories!
June 29, 2011
This was a very cute story. It teaches children and encourages them to be themselves and be proud of who they are. It is a great read and the lessons learned are excellent.
August 5, 2015
This is a book from my childhood that my mother was getting rid of; so I grabbed it and absorbed it into my own library. :D
Iguana wants so desperately to be liked that she copies others.
Iguana wants so desperately to be liked that she copies others.
December 9, 2012
Okay series of moral tales.
February 16, 2017
Definitely going to use this one in my teaching.
December 14, 2018
These Sweet Pickles stories are always great and the illustrations are even better.
February 14, 2023
Sometimes we are so busy looking outward that we forget to look inward. So many allegories here from popularity to consumerism, take your pick. Great story, great lesson, and colourful artwork to boot. Intended for kids, but important for all ages.
March 23, 2023
My youngest daughter read this to me and we really liked the story and especially the illustrations.
She immediately wanted to read another one.
She immediately wanted to read another one.
December 4, 2023
I wish I had the whole series of the sweet pickles! These are awesome!
February 26, 2011
i thought it was cute Madisyn love it but i thought it was kinda stupid!!
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October 20, 2010Oh my sweet pickle's books! I so loved these as a kid!
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