The Jolley-Rogers and the Ghostly Galleon

Duddle, Jonny

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1848772408 ISBN 13 : 9781848772403

Editeur : Templar Publishing, 2014

Every full moon, a mysterious ship is seen off the coast of Dull-on-Sea. Then, the day after, gold and jewellery are missing from the town. Can Matilda and Jim Lad retrieve the stolen booty from the mysterious ship before the moon fades? Or will they end up stuck on board with ghostly pirates until the next full moon?

Revue de presse :

Duddle punctuates his larger-than-average prose with theatrical verse ("Some say we're cursed, some say we're dead! / We're in search of a key as you sleep in bed!") and tucks in plenty of elaborately detailed monochrome illustrations featuring a likewise monochrome cast of comically clueless white landlubbers and leering corsairs in classic pirate garb. A rousingly melodramatic face-off ends as it should, whereupon the Jolley-Rogers sail off once again...A pleaser for young swashbucklers.
—Kirkus Reviews

This early chapter book is full of intrigue, spookiness, and pirate tales that will capture the attention of emerging and struggling readers. Gray-scale illustrations show Duddle’s attention to artistic detail, and his creative use of black backgrounds and white text whenever characters are plunged into darkness heightens the feel of danger and excitement. More adventures ahoy! Book two, The Jolley-Rogers and the Cave of Doom, publishes simultaneously.
—Booklist

The Jolley-Rogers is distinguished by its top-notch writing, original sea chanteys, dry humor, lively design and deliciously dramatic illustrations just right for a tale of salty ghost pirates. (The second in the series, The Jolley-Rogers and the Cave of Doom, is published simultaneously.) All aboard, me hearties!
—Shelf Awareness for Readers

Biographie de l'auteur :

Jonny Duddle is the author and illustrator of the hugely successful Templar picture books The Pirate Cruncher, The Pirates Next Door, and King of Space. Jonny has been a character designer for Aardman Animation's recent Oscar-nominated film The Pirates!.