The pirates of scurvy sands : starring the Jolley-Rogers

The pirates of scurvy sands Starring the Jolley-Rogers

Jonny Duddle

Book - 2018

This summer, Matilda is going on vacation with her friends, the Jolley-Rogers. Their destination is the island of Scurvy Sands, a favorite destination for pirates. When Matilda arrives, the swashbuckling residents are none too impressed with her. She has clean clothes and doesn't smell like she's been at sea for six months -- it's clear she's 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!

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Subjects
Pirates > Juvenile fiction.
Treasure troves > Juvenile fiction.
Vacations > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
Stories in rhyme.
Genres
Stories in rhyme
Picture books
Published
Somerville, MA : Templar Books, an imprint of Candlewick Press 2018.
Language
English
Main Author
Jonny Duddle (author)
Edition
First U.S. edition
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, map ; 26 x 30 cm
ISBN
9780763692933
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Review by Kirkus Book Review

In her latest outing, clever young Matilda leaves Dull-on-Sea for a pirates-only theme park and joins the hunt for Mad Jack McMuddle's long-buried treasure (The Pirates Next Door, 2012, etc.).In illustrations that are positively awash with classic piratical gear and nautical detail, Matilda joins her friend Jim Lad and his buccaneer family, the Jolley-Rogers, aboard the Blackhole for a voyage to aptly named Scurvy Sands. Her welcome there is decidedly mixed ("My monkey can't find any lice, / but says her hair smells very nice!"), though, until she passes the "pirate test" by gathering clues left by Mad Jack to dig up, as revealed in a climactic double gatefold, a veritable mountain of glittering loot. If the plotline and sometimes-ungainly rhymes aren't going to shiver any timbers, all the skulls, crossbones, fancy hats and coats, eye patches, carved peg legs, sashes, unkempt hair and beards, tattoos, and snaggly teeth on display will rouse mighty cheers from pirate fans of any stripe. Duddle even adds an aerial map of the ramshackle rides and restaurants. Home Matilda sails at the endbut even though she "really couldn't wait to be / landlubbing back in Dull-On-Sea," further rousing sea adventures doubtless await. Matilda and the Jolley-Rogers present white; one young guest and flamboyant official greeter Cap'n Ollie Day are the only people of color in sight on the beaches and boardwalks.Yo ho ho and a bottle of sun screen. (Picture book. 6-8) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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