Uncle Pirate to the Rescue
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Uncle Pirate to the Rescue
By (Author) Douglas Rees
Illustrated by Tony Auth
Simon & Schuster
Margaret K McElderry Books
31st May 2010
United States
Classifications
Children
Fiction
FIC
Physical Properties
Paperback
112
Width 127mm, Height 178mm, Spine 10mm
98g
Description
A badly spelled message in a bottle addressed to Uncle Pirate appears at Wilsons front door, and Mom starts baking bad news piethis cant be good. Uncle Pirates formerly mutinous crew is marooned on an island! Though Uncle Pirate is loyal to his new crew at Very Elementary, he cannot desert his old shipmates and sets off to find them. But when he doesnt return, its Uncle Pirate who needs rescuing! Wilson, Captain Jack the penguin, Ms. Quern the school secretary, and sneaky Principal Purvis set off in a blimp to save the day in this rollicking read thats ideal for adventurous young readers.
Author Bio
Douglas Rees is a librarian who resides in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is also the author of Grandy Thaxter's Helper, Uncle Pirateand Uncle Pirate to the Rescue,as well as two novels for older readers, Lightning Timeand Vampire High. Visit him online at DouglasRees.com.
Tony Auth has been the editorial cartoonist for the Philadelphia Enquirer since 1971. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his work in 1976, as well as five Overseas Press Club Awards and the Sigma Delta Chi Award for Distinguished Service in Journalism. His cartoons are distributed around the world by Universal Press Syndicate.
