Action & Adventure, Humor 

Popular Pete is Perfect for Talk Like a Pirate Day! Following the success of Pirate Pete and Pirate Pete’s Giant Adventure comes a new book by the celebrated brother-and-sister team of Doug and Kim Kennedy. In this new adventure, Pete has a wonderful new ship, but no crew. But not just any crew will do. As Pete explains: “Ye gots to be stubborn and mighty cranky, Ye gots to be dirty and awfully stanky!Ye gots to load a cannon and know how to fire it,But most of all, ye gots to talklike a pirate!” One by one Pete interviews his potential crew, and one by one they get the boot! Whoever will he find to help him sail the high seas? A hilarious and fun-to-read-aloud book that will have every child talking like a pirate. Praise for the Pirate Pete booksFamily Choice Award “Arrr, matey, ’tis a fine book indeed.” —Kansas City Star “Lots of fun for pint-size buccaneers.” —Booklist “Should keep young mateys anchored to their seats.” —Kirkus “Clever dialogue, funny illustrations and just the right amount of suspense . . . simply terrific.” —The Dallas Morning News - from Amzon