No Bath, No Cake!: Polly's Pirate Party - Hardcover

Weinert, Matthias

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0735841128 ISBN 13: 9780735841123

Publisher: NorthSouth, 2013

Synopsis

Ay, a pirates' life is dangerous n' dirty life! But when this motley crew gets an invitation to a little girl's birthday party, they're simply delighted. What could be better than cake? Just as they're about to walk the plank, their pirate-y parrot tells them—as only a parrot or a mother could—that they need to clean up their act. With a scrub-a-dub-dub, brand new clothes, and a doll for the birthday girl, the 'pirates' show up sparkling and clean. But they're in for a big surprise. What the birthday girl wants most of all are real pirates—black feet, messy hair, stinky clothes and all.

About this title

From the Author:

MATTHIAS WEINERT is a children’s book illustrator. His many talents also involve fashion, graphic design, architecture, animation, cartoons, and storyboards.

From Booklist:

The pirates aboard the Mary Anne are excited to receive Polly’s birthday party invitation, and they anticipate sweets and cake. But, according to bossy parrot Pete, they can’t go as they are. First, they must bathe, and then replace their ratty togs with “smart” clothes, which sends the crew to town for snazzier duds. And although the buccaneers brainstorm gift ideas—including a saber (“You can give someone a lovely poke in the bottom,” says Spoonbelly, demonstrating), a wooden leg, or a cannon—Pete vetoes all of them. He asserts that a doll is an appropriate gift, so it’s back to town they go. Finally, the pirates are ready, but at Polly’s they discover their efforts are resoundingly unappreciated, and Pete’s assumptions about the party are off the mark. This peppy take on out-of-their-comfort-zone pirates gets a boost from a lively text and color-washed, intricate cartoon line drawings. Some of the humor is edgy—Pete is left bound and gagged on the ship mast—and may draw slightly older kids, while the parrot-in-charge premise is amusing. A supplementary pirate picture-book addition. Grades K-3. --Shelle Rosenfeld

About this edition

• Publisher: NorthSouth
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0735841128
• ISBN 13: 9780735841123
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 48