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32 pp.
| Cavendish |
September, 2008 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7614-5435-9$14.99
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Stephen Gilpin.
This lighthearted tale provides a glimpse at the lives of cartoon pirates. Synthetic-looking digital double-page spread illustrations, accompanied by rhyming text, provide an entertaining if not very imaginative perspective, as the pirates explain who they are, what they do, and what scares them: "We show no mercy and feel no fear-- / except when the gloom of night creeps near..."