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Captain Pugwash
Pugwash Aloft
Welcome aboard the Black Pig for another exciting adventure with Captain Pugwash and his loyal crew.
As they strike up the music for singing practice, Cut-throat Jake and his band of rebels lurk dangerously nearby. Then disaster strikes! Jake and his men board the Black Pig, capture the crew and send Captain Pugwash scuttling up the nearest mast for safety.
How will he ever get out of this one? Fortunately Tom, the cabin boy, has a clever plan and the crew of the Black Pig can finish their singing practice after all - with a rousing victory song.
As they strike up the music for singing practice, Cut-throat Jake and his band of rebels lurk dangerously nearby. Then disaster strikes! Jake and his men board the Black Pig, capture the crew and send Captain Pugwash scuttling up the nearest mast for safety.
How will he ever get out of this one? Fortunately Tom, the cabin boy, has a clever plan and the crew of the Black Pig can finish their singing practice after all - with a rousing victory song.
- GenresChildrensPicture Books
32 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1958
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April 17, 2023
Meh. One of the weaker Pugwash titles. While Cap'n Pugwash is busy trying to conduct his crew in a sing-a-long, Cut-Throat Jake and his crew steal aboard, join the chorus, then attack. Pugwash escapes up a mast, and Cabin Boy Tom suggests sawing it down. Somehow (not explained) the wrong mast is felled, trapping Jake and his crew, and thus Pugwash is the eventual victor. :S
I know there's quite a bit of silliness and suspension-of-belief in these tales, but this one was almost a stretch too far on the incredulity side of things for the tiny audience it was read to. Rather unconvincing.
I know there's quite a bit of silliness and suspension-of-belief in these tales, but this one was almost a stretch too far on the incredulity side of things for the tiny audience it was read to. Rather unconvincing.
October 19, 2016
5* art
5* story (and reader)
Oh we love this one. We listen to it over and over. Squirt can nearly say it himself, but he's too distracted by humming the pirate's song. Jim Broadbent has the perfect voice for it.
5* story (and reader)
Oh we love this one. We listen to it over and over. Squirt can nearly say it himself, but he's too distracted by humming the pirate's song. Jim Broadbent has the perfect voice for it.
November 7, 2017
Whenever I open a Captain Pugwash book the theme tune, which I think is 'The Trumpet Hornpipe', runs through my head. This time was no different!
In this adventure Captain Pugwash has his men on deck doing some singing practice but they aren't doing very well. 'You'll never make good pirates unless you can sing a sea shanty properly,' declares Pugwash. So little Tom, the cabin boy, plays the tune on his concertina and the men make more of an effort to sing well.
Meanwhile Cut-throat Jake, Captain Pugwash's worst enemy, and his terrible men are hiding in their ship on the other side of the island, preparing to raid Pugwash's ship. The singing drowns their approach and so Jake and his men are able to climb onto the deck without being heard.
They sneak up at the back of Pugwash's men and join in the singing and Pugwash suddenly realises that there is more noise and there are more pirates. Discovered, Jake and his men then attack and the deck becomes awash with fighting pirates. Unfortunately Pugwash's men are not very good at fighting and are soon all trussed up but Pugwash escapes and climbs to the top of a mast out of the way.
Jake shouts up that he will climb up too and throw Pugwash into the sea but Tom offers him a large saw to saw through mast, thus saving him the trouble of climbing. Tom then assists Jake to saw while Pugwash thinks that his last hour has arrived. Then down comes the mast but the end is not what is expected ... does Pugwash escape? And what happens to Jake?
The exciting climax tells all!
In this adventure Captain Pugwash has his men on deck doing some singing practice but they aren't doing very well. 'You'll never make good pirates unless you can sing a sea shanty properly,' declares Pugwash. So little Tom, the cabin boy, plays the tune on his concertina and the men make more of an effort to sing well.
Meanwhile Cut-throat Jake, Captain Pugwash's worst enemy, and his terrible men are hiding in their ship on the other side of the island, preparing to raid Pugwash's ship. The singing drowns their approach and so Jake and his men are able to climb onto the deck without being heard.
They sneak up at the back of Pugwash's men and join in the singing and Pugwash suddenly realises that there is more noise and there are more pirates. Discovered, Jake and his men then attack and the deck becomes awash with fighting pirates. Unfortunately Pugwash's men are not very good at fighting and are soon all trussed up but Pugwash escapes and climbs to the top of a mast out of the way.
Jake shouts up that he will climb up too and throw Pugwash into the sea but Tom offers him a large saw to saw through mast, thus saving him the trouble of climbing. Tom then assists Jake to saw while Pugwash thinks that his last hour has arrived. Then down comes the mast but the end is not what is expected ... does Pugwash escape? And what happens to Jake?
The exciting climax tells all!
March 3, 2013
Oddly enough, the children were mildly indifferent to Pugwash Aloft, but my sister was very stirred by this one. She just could not buy into Tom the Cabin Boy's plan to save Pugwash from Cut-throat Jake's clutches. "What good is it to be saved if in doing so the ship has been disabled! Now they're adrift! This was a stupid plan!" Perhaps I should have warned her that sometimes books for children can be upsetting...
May 20, 2022
3.5 stars
I think I might have liked it better if I could have gotten the previous books in the series before this one, but my library just doesn't have them.
I think I might have liked it better if I could have gotten the previous books in the series before this one, but my library just doesn't have them.
January 5, 2023
This book is just fine. Nothing too crazy! It was a silly and fun story. The illustrations are okay and the characters are alright although not very fleshed out.
May 8, 2013
First one was a lot better.
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