Author(s): Julie Sykes

Children Fiction

Pirate Small has a great idea to get the Jolly Bodger looking shipshape. A deck sale! The problem is that he sells everything, including the captain's precious parrot, and now he's in big trouble. 'If you don't bring her back by sunset,' hollers Captain Leggit, 'I'll feed you to the sharks!' Young readers will love the chance to join the pint-sized pirate in his thrilling race against the clock to find Polly Feathers. This is a rollicking piratical story pitched squarely at the picture book audience with lots of page-turning moments, funny episodes, quirky cameo characters and a really satisfying final twist. Jan McCafferty is a talented new illustrator and we are proud to be publishing her first picture book.