The Horn Book Guide

EASY READERS

Cannon, A. E.

Let the Good Times Roll with Pirate Pete and Pirate Joe

32 pp. | Viking | March, 2004 | Trade ISBN 0-670-03679-X $$13.99

(4) K-3 Viking Easy-to-Read series. Illustrated by Elwood H. Smith. In three simply written episodes, pirates Pete and Joe visit their rambunctious mom, the Pirate Queen; share a meal of eels, crabs, and jellyfish; and go bowling at Disco Dan's House of Pins. There's not a lot of plot, but the cartoony color illustrations are bright and comical and the prose has a freewheeling, rollicking quality ("Yo ho ho and away they go!") that will engage young readers.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta