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A review by darshwriter
The Pirates Next Door: Starring the Jolley-Rogers by Jonny Duddle
4.0
Tilda, a young girl, wants a playmate and some excitement in her sleepy little seaside town. The Jolly Rodger's pirate family with ship, canons, and all move in next-door. But wait this is a small-town with a bit closed minded folk, who aren't quite sure they want pirate neighbors. After all, the boy doesn't where shoes to school, father has black teeth and nails, the ship is blocking Mr. Shore's sunlight ... and the list goes on with each gossipy tale getting bigger and bigger by the townsfolk. None of this gossip bothers the pirate family, as they are used to this behavior, and leave a little surprise for each townsfolk. The townsfolk realize maybe they were too harsh. Tilda throughout the story is having fun playing with the pirate boy and in the end gets to go an a real sea adventure.
The best part of this book are the bright bold-colored illustrations, each page is rich with detail. The illustrations depict the crazy accusations from the townsfolk. I also enjoyed seeing how Tilda and the pirate boy were playing and getting along whether it be playing telephone on the pirate ship, biking, to playing pirates. The author did an amazing job in depicting each towns-person according to their particular complaint from the gossipy Mrs. Bumble in her yellow coat with her little pinky up while sipping tea to the two Miss Yates at eighty-eight being dressed identical and looking a little scattered brain as one of them pets a rat.
The story is in rhyme which gave a nice zing to the story. The meter did falter at times. This book confused me in the beginning as I thought it was about Tilda wanting an adventure, when it really turned out to be a book about the townsfolk perceptions about the pirate family. I liked that the pirate family was so confident in who they were and were able to teach the town a lesson.
A jolly good read.
NOTE ADDED 10/16/12: This book was nominated by Gill Robins for the 2012 Cybils Awards in the Fiction Picture Book category. I am a second-round judge in this category, but this review reflects my opinions only, not those of any other panelist, or the panel as a whole. Thanks!
The best part of this book are the bright bold-colored illustrations, each page is rich with detail. The illustrations depict the crazy accusations from the townsfolk. I also enjoyed seeing how Tilda and the pirate boy were playing and getting along whether it be playing telephone on the pirate ship, biking, to playing pirates. The author did an amazing job in depicting each towns-person according to their particular complaint from the gossipy Mrs. Bumble in her yellow coat with her little pinky up while sipping tea to the two Miss Yates at eighty-eight being dressed identical and looking a little scattered brain as one of them pets a rat.
The story is in rhyme which gave a nice zing to the story. The meter did falter at times. This book confused me in the beginning as I thought it was about Tilda wanting an adventure, when it really turned out to be a book about the townsfolk perceptions about the pirate family. I liked that the pirate family was so confident in who they were and were able to teach the town a lesson.
A jolly good read.
NOTE ADDED 10/16/12: This book was nominated by Gill Robins for the 2012 Cybils Awards in the Fiction Picture Book category. I am a second-round judge in this category, but this review reflects my opinions only, not those of any other panelist, or the panel as a whole. Thanks!