Pirates of Scurvy Sands

Product Description This summer, Matilda is going on holiday with her friends, the Jolley-Rogers. Their destination is the island of Scurvy Sands - a favourite holiday destination for pirates. When Matilda arrives, the swashbuckling residents are not too impressed with her. She has clean teeth, tidy clothes and doesn't smell like she's been at sea for six months without washing - she's definitely no pirate. But when Matilda discovers the secret of the legendary treasure of Scurvy Sands, the pirates decide that maybe some lubbers aren't so bad. A scurvy sequel to the bestselling The Pirates Next Door. Review Shiver me timbers... those crazy pirates are in town and they're playing 'dirty' with a squeaky clean landlubber! Welcome back to another sparkling Jolley-Rogers adventure from Jonny Duddle, one of the most talented authors and illustrators currently working in the wonderful world of children's picture books. The Pirates of Scurvy Sands - a riot of colourful characters, exquisitely detailed illustrations and hilarious seafaring action - is the much-anticipated sequel to the Waterstones Award-winning The Pirates Next Door. And Duddle has certainly pushed the boat out for this fantastic pirate town adventure which brims with wit and wordplay, and will have both children and adults laughing all the way to the end of the plank! Matilda lives in the charming seaside town of Dull-on-Sea but this summer she has persuaded her mum and dad to let her join her pirate penfriend Jim Lad and the Jolley-Rogers for a holiday on the island of Scurvy Sands, a favourite holiday destination for pirates. When Matilda arrives, the swashbuckling residents are not too impressed with her. She has clean teeth, tidy clothes and she doesn't smell like she's been at sea for six months without washing. What's more, she can't read a compass and she doesn't know her East from West. Matilda, they say, is definitely no pirate. But when Matilda discovers the secret of the legendary treasure of Scurvy Sands, the pirates decide that maybe some landlubbers aren't so bad after all! With a fantastic treasure map at the end of the book, a stunning four-page fold-out, potty pirates aplenty, a feisty little heroine and a raucous rhyming story, this is a voyage of fun from sea launch to beach landing. A classic pirate adventure that will have kids scurrying to find their own scurvy sands! -- Pam Norfolk ― Lancashire Evening Post Feisty heroine Matilda is going on holiday with her swashbuckling friends the Jolley-Rogers. At scurvy sands, however, the other warty, ragged pirates dont think landlubber Matilda, with her white teeth and good manner, is a proper buccaneer, and they lis all the things she wont be able to do.But shiver me timbers if Matilda doesnt outwit them by finding hidden treasure. This is another raucous romp from Jonny Duddle, full of positive messages, ridiculous rhymes and glorious artwork that will have you you-ho-ho-ing in you bedtime bunks. ― Daily Mail Our first Book of the Week this week is a rollicking uproariously brilliant follow-up to a book that pretty much set the highest possible standard for pirate-based picture books... ...and thereby lies a bit of a problem. Only a tiny teeny insy-winsy bit of a problem because Jonny's books are so durned good that it makes us raise a quizzical eyebrow every time we see a pirate book by anyone else. Jonny's "The Pirate Cruncher" was one of the first picture books C pulled out of the stacks when we would dive into the library every couple of weeks, grabbing an armful of books to take home and enjoy. We followed that up with "The Pirates Next Door" and it's that book that "The Pirates of Scurvy Sands" follows as a sequel of sorts - and though Jonny's other books (The fantastic "Gigantosaurus" and our own uber-favourite JD picture book "The King of Space" as well as his superb early reader / chapter books with the same cast of characters found here) are of the highest quality, you can tell he ju