The Horn Book Guide

EASY READERS

Albee, Sarah

Ahoy, Uncle Roy!

32 pp. | Golden | July, 2001 | Library ISBN 0-307-46216-1 $$11.99 | Paper ISBN 0-307-26216-2 $$3.99

(3) K-3 Road to Reading series. Illustrated by Ilja Bereznickas. Walter really wants a job like his uncle's someday; after all, Uncle Roy's "office has a great view," and "the pay is terrific." The cartoon illustrations give Walter's rather ordinary remarks a comical new meaning; though the simple, large-print text never says so, the pictures reveal that Uncle Roy is a pirate whose "office" is a ship and whose "pay" is buried treasure.

Reviewer: Martha Sibert