The Monkey Pirates
2 journalers for this copy...
My partner KT-J picked this up for me from the 2008 CILIP Youth Libraries conference it is due to be published in January 2009.
I'm not entirely sure what KT-J is trying to imply about my reading age but this is a 7 + book.
From Amazon: Aaarrgh! This be a funny book starring many monkeys, much searching for treasure and a man with a huge beard. One night, Emily Jane is trying to get to sleep when suddenly, there is an enormous thunk! and a dozen Monkey Pirates tumble out of her wardrobe. Monkey Pirates are in search of yellow, bendy treasure and they travel through space and time in wardrobes to look for it. No sooner does Emily Jane hear this, than she hops into the wardrobe with them and travels off in search of her missing Uncle Bartholomew who invented the wardrobe and who has a huge beard. There follows much silliness involving Buckingham Palace, a bearded professor, bananas, a time-telescope and a Monkey Pirate called Dave, who's trying very hard to learn the ropes but would secretly prefer to be a librarian. Will Emily Jane find her Uncle Bartholomew? Will Dave ever learn to say 'Aaarrgh!' properly? Join the crew to find out! Bananas and barnacles!
I'm not entirely sure what KT-J is trying to imply about my reading age but this is a 7 + book.
From Amazon: Aaarrgh! This be a funny book starring many monkeys, much searching for treasure and a man with a huge beard. One night, Emily Jane is trying to get to sleep when suddenly, there is an enormous thunk! and a dozen Monkey Pirates tumble out of her wardrobe. Monkey Pirates are in search of yellow, bendy treasure and they travel through space and time in wardrobes to look for it. No sooner does Emily Jane hear this, than she hops into the wardrobe with them and travels off in search of her missing Uncle Bartholomew who invented the wardrobe and who has a huge beard. There follows much silliness involving Buckingham Palace, a bearded professor, bananas, a time-telescope and a Monkey Pirate called Dave, who's trying very hard to learn the ropes but would secretly prefer to be a librarian. Will Emily Jane find her Uncle Bartholomew? Will Dave ever learn to say 'Aaarrgh!' properly? Join the crew to find out! Bananas and barnacles!
Journal Entry 2 by stubee from Bury, Greater Manchester United Kingdom on Saturday, November 15, 2008
I really enjoyed this children's book. The monkey pirates are pretty cool and I enjoyed Mark Skelton's style of writing, I loved it. A special mention should also go to Ben Redlich who's illustrations combined to make this a great book for children (and big kids like myself).
This going on my PC as it's an uncorrected bound proof!
Next Up: Carl Hiaasen - Skin Tight
This going on my PC as it's an uncorrected bound proof!
Next Up: Carl Hiaasen - Skin Tight
A good fun kids book with lots of silliness and good illustrations. This is on the book list for the 2009 Summer Reading Challenge.
Just catching this back so it can go on my PC.
