Polly Parrot Picks a Pirate

Polly Parrot Picks a Pirate
Author: Peter Bently
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2014-09-01
Genre: Parrots
ISBN: 9780230766792

Polly the parrot is fed up of her tree. It's a life on the ocean she needs! For this she'll need a pet pirate, but finding the perfect one isn't easy. This picky parrot might just end up with more than she expected...

Chocolate Cake

Chocolate Cake
Author: Michael Rosen
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2017-08-24
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0141386258

When I was a boy, I had a favourite treat. It was when my mum made . . . CHOCOLATE CAKE! Ohhh! I LOVED chocolate cake. Fantastically funny and full of silly noises, this is Michael Rosen's love letter to every child's favourite treat, chocolate cake. Brought to life as a picture book for the first time with brilliant and characterful illustrations by Kevin Waldron.

Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs

Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs
Author: Giles Andreae
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006-05-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0140569219

Giles Andreae and Russell Ayto's super-fun Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs Flinn is at school looking in the art cupboard for some coloured pens to finish off his dinosaur drawing when he stumbles upon Captain Stubble, a real live Pirate Captain! He tells Flinn that his ship, the Acorn, has been stolen and that he needs Flinn to help him rescue it back. Stubble makes Flinn the captain and they sail away on an old pirate ship...they finally find the Acorn but, to their horror, realise it's been stolen by PIRATE DINOSAURS! Captain Flinn and his crew attack the dinosaurs and, after much fighting, seize control of the ship once more. Flinn and his friends then sail back to the harbour clambering through the boatshed door and back into the art cupboard without the teacher even noticing they've been gone! Giles Andreae is an award-winning children's author and has written both fiction titles and best-selling picture books. His picture book, The Lion Who Wanted to Dance, won The Federation of Children's Book Award in the best picture book category in 1998. However, he is probably most famous as the creator of the phenomenally successful Purple Ronnie, Britain's favourite stickman. Giles lives in Notting Hill with his wife and three young children. Russell has illustrated books by prolific children's authors such as Ian Whybrow and Cressida Cowell. The Witch's Children was shortlisted for the Greenaway last year and this year The Witch's Children and the Queen is on the Smarties shortlist. Russell lives in Penzance, Cornwall. Don't miss the other Captain Flinn picture books - they're all rip-roaring fun! Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs; Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs: Missing Treasure!; Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs: Smugglers Bay!; Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs: The Magic Cutlass And Giles Andreae's brilliant book with illustrator Korky Paul: Sir Scallywag and the Golden Underpants

The Jolly Dodgers!

The Jolly Dodgers!
Author: Neil Griffiths
Publisher: Red Robin Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-10
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9781908702128

This should have been the tale of swashbuckling vagabonds who ruled the seas by blasting ships with whizzing cannonballs before plundering them of their glistening treasures. But meet instead the most puny of pirates who preferred pampering to plundering and bowling to blasting! A skullduggery story that sends shivers down the shins of piratehood. This, is the author's first pirate adventure and is like no other, as looting and pilfering is the last thing on this crew's mind, but not their wives! The book, brilliantly illustrated by Janette Louden, includes Pirate and sailor terminology explained on the endpapers! See inside the book: The Jolly Dodgers

Polly Parrot Picks a Pirate

Polly Parrot Picks a Pirate
Author: Peter Bently
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781447223436

Polly the parrot is fed up of her tree. It's a life on the ocean she needs! For this she'll need a pet pirate, but finding the perfect one isn't easy. This picky parrot might just end up with more than she expected...

The Pirates of Scurvy Sands

The Pirates of Scurvy Sands
Author: Jonny Duddle
Publisher: Templar Publishing
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2018-02-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 178741356X

This summer, Matilda is going on holiday with her friends, the Jolley-Rogers. Their destination is the island of Scurvy Sands - a favourite holiday destination for pirates. When Matilda arrives, the swashbuckling residents are not too impressed with her. She has clean teeth, tidy clothes and doesn't smell like she's been at sea for six months without washing - she's definitely no pirate. But when Matilda discovers the secret of the legendary treasure of Scurvy Sands, the pirates decide that maybe some lubbers aren't so bad. A scurvy sequel to the bestselling The Pirates Next Door.

Breaking Stalin's Nose

Breaking Stalin's Nose
Author: Eugene Yelchin
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2011-09-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1429949953

A Newbery Honor Book. Sasha Zaichik has known the laws of the Soviet Young Pioneers since the age of six: The Young Pioneer is devoted to Comrade Stalin, the Communist Party, and Communism. A Young Pioneer is a reliable comrade and always acts according to conscience. A Young Pioneer has a right to criticize shortcomings. But now that it is finally time to join the Young Pioneers, the day Sasha has awaited for so long, everything seems to go awry. He breaks a classmate's glasses with a snowball. He accidentally damages a bust of Stalin in the school hallway. And worst of all, his father, the best Communist he knows, was arrested just last night. This moving story of a ten-year-old boy's world shattering is masterful in its simplicity, powerful in its message, and heartbreaking in its plausibility. One of Horn Book's Best Fiction Books of 2011

The Treasure of Captain Claw

The Treasure of Captain Claw
Author: Jonathan Emmett
Publisher: Orchard Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-03-27
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9781846167416

When Oscar and Lily find a secret treasure map, they set sail in search of adventure. But the dastardly Captain Claw wants that treasure too, and his pirate submarine is on their trail . . . This fast-paced pirate adventure from a bestselling creative team is guaranteed to delight young children. The fantastic four-page fold-out pirate submarine cross-section will entertain and fascinate for hours.

Why Is That Emu Wearing One Red Shoe?

Why Is That Emu Wearing One Red Shoe?
Author: John Field
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2016-09
Genre: Animals
ISBN: 9781760154493

Once there was an emu wearing one red shoe, Who set out on a walk just like emus do, Leaving from the town they call Tullabaloo... Why was that emu wearing one red shoe? Follow all the animals in this fun singalong mystery from favourite Aussie singer-songwriter John Field and award-winning illustrator David Legge.