When I opened the first page not only did the artwork say "KA-BOOM!" but the character of Super Pickle POPPED UP out of the page. I must have opened that page a million times trying to understand how it worked.

Some of the pages in the book did not have pop-ups. They had very stiff pieces of paper, that when pulled, produced movement. This was the first time I experienced a pull-tab and I immediately began to pry open the books pages to look down inside and see how things worked.

Of course the heroine has no idea that her mild-mannered friend is really Super Pickle (sound familiar?). And what's with that giant pickle jar she's sitting on? Is that where she lives?

Super Pickle also has several pages of large pop-up scenes of buildings. This really intrigued me but, I'm also ashamed to admit, was my first introduction to architecture.

Our hero continues to carry out his good deeds like rescuing "Baby Gherkin." But this act is witnessed by the heroine, who realizes his true identity, although all of this should have been a little more obvious given that he's the only other pickle who lives in town.

In the end everything works out and the couple are married in the presence of all the other village vegetables. It's too bad I wasn't born later because I bet I would have LOVED "Vegetales!"