  | Full Text Reviews: School Library Journal - 06/01/2012 PreS-Gr 1—"Do you need top-quality pirate gear?" Bouncy rhyming verse extols the virtues of the Pirateria. "Our glorious pirate emporium/is known the world over,/from the Spanish Main/to the cliffs of Dover." Indeed, this one-stop shop carries everything from "solid maple walking planks" to "fresh lime quinine/to ward off the scurvy" to eye patches in colors such as "plunder plum" and "cannonball black." However, Pirateria is more than just a store: it provides night classes in subjects such as chart reading, smuggling molasses, and spyglass making. Brown makes the most of the premise, finding more pirate puns and references than one would think possible. Goofy swashbucklers, rendered in acrylics in sea-faring hues, cavort across the pages.—Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Carroll County Public Library, MD - Copyright 2012 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission. Loading...
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