Matthew Looney and the Space Pirates

Matthew and Maria Looney #4

by Jerome Beatty Jr., Gahan Wilson (Illustrator)

A delightful character who inhabits the moon embarks on a journey to the planet, Freeholy, and is captured by a band of space pirates

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Humor, Childrens

159 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1974

About the author

Jerome M. Beatty Jr. (December 9, 1916 — July 31, 2002) was a 20th-century American author of children's literature. He was also an accomplished feature writer for magazines. Beatty served in the United States Army, achieving the rank of corporal, and is buried at the Massachusetts National Cemetery.

Reviews

[MisterFweem · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of those books you pick up as a kid and enjoy the heck out of it.

Then years pass. You find a copy at the used book store. You buy it and put it on your shelf, and then years later you take it off the shelf and read it.

And you remember enjoying the heck out of it as a kid.

Oh, the pun names. Maybe I knew they were supposed to be kinda funny back then. But now I read them. Fun.

[LauraW · Rating 4 out of 5]

A childhood favorite.

[Julie]

weird stuff I enjoyed as a kid. (ok, I admit, still do)