Thursday 23 July 2015
Captain Falsebeard in "A Very Fishy Tale" by Fred Blunt (Puffin Books)
Pirate books show no signs of disappearing from our book shelves or publisher's release schedules. Pirates are just so crazily popular so we are always on the lookout for an author or illustrator who goes the extra mile to produce pirate tales that make us giggle and hoot with laughter.
Thankfully Fred Blunt is not only an extremely talented illustrator, he's also a flippin' brilliant storyteller. Introducing us to his very first picture book, Fred Blunt has come up with a pirate captain called Captain Falsebeard, singular master of "The Pretty Polly" with a fearless crew and a ton of parrots.
He's been on a lifelong quest to find The Crossbone Treasure but he has some competition, in the form of dastardly no-gooder Admiral Swinetoes.
When Captain Falsebeard joyfully finds his long-searched-for booty, he might have trouble keeping it from his evil nemesis who comes up with a corker of a plan involving a rather...er...unique mermaid!
Will the Captain win the day? He might need a little help from his brave crew and an awesome flying flotilla of poopy parrots too!
We love Fred's work, his illustrations grace many children's books so it's great to see him putting together his first title for Puffin with such expertise, weaving not only a highly funny and original pirate yarn but a booty-ful book too! Yo ho ho and a passel' of poo!
Charlotte's best bit: The beautiful mermaid who has a rather, er, interesting 'secret'
Daddy's Favourite bit: Tons of little details made us giggle in this. Fits the bill for the sort of pirate book we can really get behind! Fabulous stuff!
"Captain Falsebeard in: A Very Fishy Tale"
Written and Illustrated by Fred Blunt
Published by Puffin Books
Release Date: 2nd July 2015
(Kindly sent to us for review by Puffin Books)
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