Pirates

by Colin Hawkins, Jacqui Hawkins

Comme chacun sait, tous les pirates dignes de ce nom possèdent une jambe de bois, un crochet à la place de la main et, le sabre brandi, sont toujours prêts aux plus effroyables abordages. Mais savez-vous que ces loups de mer particulièrement malodorants se rafraîchissent à l'eau de Channel ? Qu'ils cuisinent le requin en papillote et raffolent de drisses-cottes ? Embarquez vite à bord de leur navire, découvrez leurs ruses pour approcher les galions remplis de trésors et suivez les plus célèbres capitaines sur leurs îles mystérieuses...Etes-vous prêt ? Alors, à l'abordage !

Genres: Pirates, Childrens

Audio Cassette

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Colin Hawkins (1945) was born in Blackpool, England, and won a scholarship to art school at the age of thirteen. He and his wife, Jacqui Hawkins, produced their first children’s book, Witches, in 1981 and over one hundred titles have followed since then.

Reviews

[Gerry · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kids will love this book because it is full of pirate jokes, some quite corny but most appealing to youngsters, and superb illustrations. It also introduces them to any number of pirates who sailed the high seas and presents a variety of different guises that they can appear in.

My own image of a pirate was formed by a copy of Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Treasure Island' that I had as a boy and I thought all pirates had a wooden leg and a parrot on their shoulder and used to sing 'Yo, ho, ho and a bottle of rum' while the parrot screamed 'Pieces of eight' over and over again! There are some of these stereo-types in this book but there are also those who prefer to be more sartorial and less nasty looking.

But a final verse in the book supports my view as it sums the pirates up with 'Yo, ho, ho and a bottle of rum,/A burnt black sausage in my tum/So put on your peg leg, yer eye patch, too,/If you're after treasure you can join our crew.'

It is a fun book which will probably lead youngsters on to find out more about pirates and reminds oldsters of what they read when young!

[Tina · Rating 5 out of 5]

A hilarious read.