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Pocket Pirates #3
The Great Flytrap Disaster
In an old junk shop sits a dusty ship in a bottle. And when the world isn't watching, a tiny pirate crew comes out to explore. They're smaller than a teacup, but these scurvy sailors have a HUGE appetite for adventure!
Up on the Pocket Pirate's shelf, the summer heat is rising. Flies are swarming around the pirate ship. And Mr. Dregby, the house spider, has six hungry eyes peeled and eight hairy legs ready for action...
The third book in an irresistible series about tiny pirates who have BIG adventures, from well-loved author/illustrator Chris Mould.
Up on the Pocket Pirate's shelf, the summer heat is rising. Flies are swarming around the pirate ship. And Mr. Dregby, the house spider, has six hungry eyes peeled and eight hairy legs ready for action...
The third book in an irresistible series about tiny pirates who have BIG adventures, from well-loved author/illustrator Chris Mould.
144 pages, Paperback
Published July 14, 2016
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About the author
Chris Mould
156 books54 followersChris Mould is the illustrator of Captain Beastlie’s Pirate Party, written by Lucy Coats. Chris went to art school at the age of sixteen. During this time, he did various jobs, from delivering papers to washing-up. He has won the Nottingham Children’s Book Award and been commended for the Sheffield. He loves his work and likes to write and draw the kind of books that he would have liked to have on his shelf as a boy. He is married with two children and lives in Yorkshire.
Chris Mould spends his working day in one of the prestigious art studios at Dean Clough Mills in Halifax. His studio is clearly marked with a skull and crossboned warning as to what might lie within.
Chris is not confined to book illustration. He has worked for the RSC, the BBC, the FT and many other famous initials, aswell as film development work for Aardman Animations which included character and environment development work on the film Flushed Away.
When away from his studio, Chris spends most of his time with his wife Sue and his two daughters Emily and Charlotte.
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August 17, 2023Read this aloud with my 12 and 10 year old sons. It was quick and cute. There’s a lot of room for fun if you do different voices for the characters. The perspective being of tiny pirates created a lot of interest. To think about being small enough to get caught in a Venus flytrap’s mouth, or tiny enough to sit in a teaspoon was a wonderful experience. And because the descriptions were light but effective, we got drawn in to a tiny spot of a big world. You could easily talk about how they would feel in that situation, or what would you do to solve that problem being so small? There were also a great deal of personalities that we discussed. Being brave, persistent, and silly to name a few.
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January 11, 2017
Definitely a book for children, but I enjoyed the Pocket Pirates escapades trying to avoid death by fauna and flora. Uncle is delightfully tiresome and the illustrations are superb.
February 19, 2019
A bit like The Borrowers but in a ship-in-a-bottle sort of way.
July 17, 2016
On a mantle shelf in the depths of a dusty old junk shop there sits a ship-in-a-bottle, and it is home to the tiniest pirate crew you'll ever meet. Imagine Borrowers rolled over in pirate tales, then dipped in derring-do, and you have yourself the Pocket Pirates. They might be teeny in stature, but their adventures are always very, very big indeed…
The Great Flytrap Disaster is the third outing for Lily, Button, Old Uncle Noggin, and Captain Crabsticks. They've outsmarted a rodent-led cheese plot, survived a storm-drain flushing disaster – they’ve even managed to fill their ever-hungry bellies a few times – all whilst evading discovery by the junk shop's owner, Mr. Tooey. They always return to the shelf with a tale to tell, or in very good need of a thorough scrubbing in the mustard-pot bath, and this story is no exception. It opens with shooing flies, (not easy when they are, relatively, the size of Labradors!) and quickly escalates to contend with the sneakily sinister plans of Mr. Dregby, the house spider.
These books are fantastic for early independent readers. There's lots of excitement, humour, slime and peril to hook a young reader, and they’re packed with Chris Mould’s distinctively rich, inky illustrations throughout. Every curled corner, teeny tear, and other tiny drawn detail only highlight this author’s skill for engaging the reader with visual richness as well as the words on the page. These Borrower-sized buccaneers are truly brilliant. I’m looking forward the next adventure!
The Great Flytrap Disaster is the third outing for Lily, Button, Old Uncle Noggin, and Captain Crabsticks. They've outsmarted a rodent-led cheese plot, survived a storm-drain flushing disaster – they’ve even managed to fill their ever-hungry bellies a few times – all whilst evading discovery by the junk shop's owner, Mr. Tooey. They always return to the shelf with a tale to tell, or in very good need of a thorough scrubbing in the mustard-pot bath, and this story is no exception. It opens with shooing flies, (not easy when they are, relatively, the size of Labradors!) and quickly escalates to contend with the sneakily sinister plans of Mr. Dregby, the house spider.
These books are fantastic for early independent readers. There's lots of excitement, humour, slime and peril to hook a young reader, and they’re packed with Chris Mould’s distinctively rich, inky illustrations throughout. Every curled corner, teeny tear, and other tiny drawn detail only highlight this author’s skill for engaging the reader with visual richness as well as the words on the page. These Borrower-sized buccaneers are truly brilliant. I’m looking forward the next adventure!
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