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40 pp.
| Sterling |
April, 2015 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4549-1052-7$14.95
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Valeri Gorbachev.
The pig star of Rufus Goes to School decides to be a pirate over summer vacation. He fails to impress real pirates with pirate shtick, but his literacy wins them over: only Rufus can read the treasure map. Rufus is an appealingly tenacious little scamp, and Gorbachev makes comically clear that the Scurvy Dog's crew couldn't shiver a single timber.