Pirates on the Farm
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- $15.99
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
The Pirates Next Door, written by Denette Jenkins Fretz and illustrated by (TBD), tells the tale of five brazen pirates who swap high seas adventures for life on a farm. When your neighbors are mischievous pirates, calamity becomes commonplace. Each member of the unadventurous Sanders family must choose how to respond to the pirates and their antics. Mother forms a Ban the Buccaneers Brigade, eight-year-old Joey imitates everything the pirates do, his older sister keeps her distance, and Dad quietly helps the outcasts find their “land legs.” Humor encases the story’s theme of loving eccentric neighbors… as yourself.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Chaos reigns in this humorous and heartwarming first book in the Next Door series, in which pirates become neighbors to a staid farm family. The daughter narrates her family's varied responses to the pirates' strange speech, style, and customs. For example, when they build a new barn to resemble a pirate ship: "Mother called it disgraceful.' Joey begged to walk the plank. Dad nailed down loose boards." Barretta's (Sheetzucacapoopoo: My Kind of Dog) illustrations capture the hilarious incongruity of the pirates' attempts to join their new community: a church scene shows the pirates looting the offering, to congregants' dismay. Another scene has them commandeering the Christmas pageant, upset that "anyone would put a baby in a feeding trough." Although the townspeople initially rally against the perceived interlopers, they gradually become more welcoming as they come to know their neighbors. This well-crafted, entertaining story delivers a subtle but powerful message. An endnote to parents includes discussion topics for the family. Ages 4 7.
