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Pete's Magic Pants: Pirate Peril
When Pete finds a suitcase packed with amazing MAGIC PANTS no one could predict the adventures that are about to happen! Join Pete on his second adventure as his new pirate pants take him on a high seas journey aboard the Flying Fowl, a ship crewed by chickens! Can Pete help Cap’n Ted find the lost treasure of Long John Silverside? He’ll have to make his way past mischievous mermaids, snappy sharks, whooshing whirlpools and even outwit a HUGE octopus! A side-splittingly funny adventure story that whizzes with energy from a dynamic new duo. Featuring a fantastic cast of characters including Pete’s sidekick, a small chicken, who appears in various guises throughout the series.
32 pages, Paperback
Published November 1, 2017
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May 22, 2017
There are certain things that are reportedly amusing to children and most of them seem to surround one form of bodily function or another. Pants certainly fall into this category and as a series of Aliens who love pants will tell you; there is gold in them there pants. Paddy Kempshall and Chris Chatterton have hopped upon the pants train in their ‘Pete's Magic Pants’ series. This time Pete is off on a pirate adventure in ‘Pirate Peril’.
Pete has a stash of magic pants in his attic that whisk him away on adventures should he wear a pair. The pirate pants take him to the high seas where he must aid a ship full of birds to recover their lost treasure. Captain Ted is a little feather brained so it is up to Pete to find out exactly were the loot is and get his hands on it before the dastardly Long John Silverside.
‘Pirate Peril’ is a fun book that is a little too wrapped up in conformity. The first book was a dinosaur adventure and this one is about pirates – Kempshall has gone two for two in children’s books clichés. The lack of imagination in the locations chosen seems to permeate this book, it is all a little ‘”so what?” Like the ‘Dylan’s Amazing Dinosaurs’ books, the ‘Magic Pants’ books feel like an exercise in filling the pages between the standard start and end. The first few pages are just filler as Pete choses the pants, I imagine this segment appears in all of the books and could prove tiring.
However, if the story itself was solid, it would not matter that the narrative is bookended with the same things, but it is not. The story is a little disjointed and does not really go anywhere. It feels as if Pete has been dropped into a misadventure, some things happen and then he leaves. Children’s books do not need to have much meat on them to be entertaining, but the best usually have some sort of message or unique feature. ‘Pirate Peril’ has little that allows it to stand out from the crowd.
Where it does work is in Chatterton’s illustrations. These are bold and bright and do catch the eye. The sections on the open seas in particular give you a sense of pirate adventure in a way the story cannot. There is enough in the imagery that the book will prove fun to look at, especially for a fan of eyepatches and talking parrots, but the story itself is too anaemic. The cut and paste style of the series means that the stories on their own are not strong enough. Like the stickers that come in the book, ‘Pete's Magic Pants – Pirate Peril’ is fun, but ephemeral.
Pete has a stash of magic pants in his attic that whisk him away on adventures should he wear a pair. The pirate pants take him to the high seas where he must aid a ship full of birds to recover their lost treasure. Captain Ted is a little feather brained so it is up to Pete to find out exactly were the loot is and get his hands on it before the dastardly Long John Silverside.
‘Pirate Peril’ is a fun book that is a little too wrapped up in conformity. The first book was a dinosaur adventure and this one is about pirates – Kempshall has gone two for two in children’s books clichés. The lack of imagination in the locations chosen seems to permeate this book, it is all a little ‘”so what?” Like the ‘Dylan’s Amazing Dinosaurs’ books, the ‘Magic Pants’ books feel like an exercise in filling the pages between the standard start and end. The first few pages are just filler as Pete choses the pants, I imagine this segment appears in all of the books and could prove tiring.
However, if the story itself was solid, it would not matter that the narrative is bookended with the same things, but it is not. The story is a little disjointed and does not really go anywhere. It feels as if Pete has been dropped into a misadventure, some things happen and then he leaves. Children’s books do not need to have much meat on them to be entertaining, but the best usually have some sort of message or unique feature. ‘Pirate Peril’ has little that allows it to stand out from the crowd.
Where it does work is in Chatterton’s illustrations. These are bold and bright and do catch the eye. The sections on the open seas in particular give you a sense of pirate adventure in a way the story cannot. There is enough in the imagery that the book will prove fun to look at, especially for a fan of eyepatches and talking parrots, but the story itself is too anaemic. The cut and paste style of the series means that the stories on their own are not strong enough. Like the stickers that come in the book, ‘Pete's Magic Pants – Pirate Peril’ is fun, but ephemeral.
May 30, 2017
"In a wobbly old wardrobe, in the attic of Crooked Carrot farm, a special suitcase lay hidden for many years." And so begins the story of Pete's Magic Pants - Pirate Peril. Hero Pete puts on the pirate style pants from the suitcase and goes on a pirate adventure helping the crew of the Flying Fowl to find Long John Silverside's secret cave in an attempt to retrieve their treasure that has been stolen. The story then ends back in the attic, like the whole adventure could have been a dream.
This is a nice picture book with nice colourful and clear pictures. First thing I noticed is that is doesn't rhyme like a lot of picture books similar to this do. The author does put a lot of alliteration into it though. And the idea may not be original, putting on magic clothing taking you on an adventure associated with it, but it gives the opportunity for a whole load of "Pete's Magic Pants" stories to be written.
There are also some stickers which are more pirate-related than pants-related thankfully, although there are still some pants stickers that you'll have to explain away to visitors who notice them on your walls.
Overall then, the book is decent enough.
This is a nice picture book with nice colourful and clear pictures. First thing I noticed is that is doesn't rhyme like a lot of picture books similar to this do. The author does put a lot of alliteration into it though. And the idea may not be original, putting on magic clothing taking you on an adventure associated with it, but it gives the opportunity for a whole load of "Pete's Magic Pants" stories to be written.
There are also some stickers which are more pirate-related than pants-related thankfully, although there are still some pants stickers that you'll have to explain away to visitors who notice them on your walls.
Overall then, the book is decent enough.
April 17, 2020
The story is solid with some great language, particularly enjoyable to Noah were the bits I read in a pirate 🏴☠️ voice. Whilst Chatterton’s illustrations were an exceptional accompaniment.
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