Review
Jaunty nautical fun.
(Financial Times )Enormous fun, rollicking along with great energy.
(Daily Mail )Aided by gloriously vivid pictures.
(Primary Times )A jolly doggerel that children will love... vibrant and energetic.
(Birmingham Post )Brilliantly illustrated, young pirate fans will love this rhyming tale of a swashbuckling grandmother.
(Sunday Express )Infectiously readable... delightful.
(Observer ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.Review
Jaunty nautical fun. -- Financial Times 20120122 Enormous fun, rollicking along with great energy. -- Daily Mail 20120113 Aided by gloriously vivid pictures. -- Primary Times 20120130 A jolly doggerel that children will love... vibrant and energetic. -- Birmingham Post 20120126 Brilliantly illustrated, young pirate fans will love this rhyming tale of a swashbuckling grandmother. -- Sunday Express 20120408 Infectiously readable... delightful. -- Observer 20120401
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
Product Description
My granny is a pirate!
She's sailed the seven seas.
She captured many pirate ships
But was always home for tea.
When a family secret about Granny is revealed, we discover all about her fiercesome pirate reputation and her swashbuckling ways - from making other rogueish pirates walk the plank to singing sea shanties to her dog, Jolly Roger.
Look again at your granny...could she be a pirate too?
A must-have book for all pirate fans.
She's sailed the seven seas.
She captured many pirate ships
But was always home for tea.
When a family secret about Granny is revealed, we discover all about her fiercesome pirate reputation and her swashbuckling ways - from making other rogueish pirates walk the plank to singing sea shanties to her dog, Jolly Roger.
Look again at your granny...could she be a pirate too?
A must-have book for all pirate fans.
About the Author
Val McDermid is the author of 22 bestselling novels, which have been translated into 30 languages, and have sold over 10 million copies. She has won many awards internationally, including the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year and the LA Times Book of the Year Award. She was inducted into the ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame in 2009. My Granny Is a Pirate is Val's first children's book.
Arthur Robins is known and loved the world over for his witty and lively picture books and cartoons. He has illustrated numerous and much-loved books for Orchard, including the ever-popular Seriously Silly series, written by Laurence Anholt, and the picture book series featuring Small Knight and George which was written by Ronda Armitage. Arthur lives in Surrey, near his two grown-up daughters.
Arthur Robins is known and loved the world over for his witty and lively picture books and cartoons. He has illustrated numerous and much-loved books for Orchard, including the ever-popular Seriously Silly series, written by Laurence Anholt, and the picture book series featuring Small Knight and George which was written by Ronda Armitage. Arthur lives in Surrey, near his two grown-up daughters.
