(3) 1-3 Pocket Pirates series. A crew of ship-in-a-bottle pirates lives in an old junk shop and comes out to explore when the shop is closed. In Cheese, the Pocket Pirates' cat is kidnapped and ransomed by a band of baseboard mice. In Drain, they plan an escape when their route to the kitchen is blocked. Swashbuckling adventure meets the miniaturized whimsy of The Borrowers in these British chapter books illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings. Review covers these Pocket Pirates titles: The Great Cheese Robbery and The Great Drain Escape.

Reviewer: Kari Allen

(3) 1-3 Pocket Pirates series. A crew of ship-in-a-bottle pirates lives in an old junk shop and comes out to explore when the shop is closed. In Cheese, the Pocket Pirates' cat is kidnapped and ransomed by a band of baseboard mice. In Drain, they plan an escape when their route to the kitchen is blocked. Swashbuckling adventure meets the miniaturized whimsy of The Borrowers in these British chapter books illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings. Review covers these Pocket Pirates titles: The Great Cheese Robbery and The Great Drain Escape.

Reviewer: Kari Allen