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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
Still a great read - 4*
A child in my class chose this book as her name was in the book. I like this one as it focuses on the theme of separation and differences. I like that a lot of it rhymes too.
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Enjoyable read - 4.5*
I bought this awhile ago, just because I couldn't resist when I was in Waterstones. I really enjoyed the book.
I will be reading this book again as part of the KS1 'Land Ahoy' topic I will be teaching.
A child in my class chose this book as her name was in the book. I like this one as it focuses on the theme of separation and differences. I like that a lot of it rhymes too.
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Enjoyable read - 4.5*
I bought this awhile ago, just because I couldn't resist when I was in Waterstones. I really enjoyed the book.
I will be reading this book again as part of the KS1 'Land Ahoy' topic I will be teaching.
I just loved this! The pictures are filled with silly little details for children to pour over. The characters are appealingly ultra-modern hipster pirates.
The story relates very well to a discussion I was just having with my husband about how easy we find it to immediately dislike people who wander. It seems that rooted society has this innate distrust of all things nomadic. I love how the Jolley-Roger family go about quietly changing people's minds. I love how the whole family is involved and they start on their campaign as soon as they arrive. What a great book!
(Reminded me a bit of Pippi Longstocking if she hadn't lived as an orphan for most of her days.)
Props to the illustrator for depicting knitting accurately!!
The story relates very well to a discussion I was just having with my husband about how easy we find it to immediately dislike people who wander. It seems that rooted society has this innate distrust of all things nomadic. I love how the Jolley-Roger family go about quietly changing people's minds. I love how the whole family is involved and they start on their campaign as soon as they arrive. What a great book!
(Reminded me a bit of Pippi Longstocking if she hadn't lived as an orphan for most of her days.)
Props to the illustrator for depicting knitting accurately!!
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Lovely art style and the story of these two kids is very heartwarming. The close mindedness of the adults is very sad yet realistic.
Lovely art style and the story of these two kids is very heartwarming. The close mindedness of the adults is very sad yet realistic.
Dinged for clunky rhymes. Otherwise, I so much love the hipster-hippie pirate parents and the sly visual jokes.
What a great story and great illustrations to look at! The story is about a pirate family that moves into a nice neighborhood. The existing neighbors don't take kindly to the new neighbors... they look different, they smell different and they act different. But the little girl in the story likes that... she is ready for a change. And she's ready to look past their differences to become friends. A good message for young readers! But the pirates are not meant to be landlubbers and they soon push off to sea, but not without leaving behind a little treasure for everyone. Young readers will enjoy this rhyming story. Boys will love the illustrations, especially those of the pirates. A fun read for all young ones!
Beautiful pictures but something is getting lost in the Swedish translation