Sir Gadabout Goes Overboard - Softcover

Beardsley, Martyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1842552740 ISBN 13: 9781842552742

Publisher: Orion Children's Books, 2007

Synopsis

Longbeard, a loathed and prickly pirate, and his cranky crew have been stirring up trouble in the English Channel. Luckily, Sir Gadabout is on a mission to save sailors from the scurvy scoundrels. But Sir Gadabout's never sailed a ship before and the pirates don't have much love for landlubbers. A shiver-yer-timbers sea story exploding with cannonballs and cutlasses and starring Camelot's crassest knight!

About this title

About the Author:

Martyn Beardsley was born, and has spent his life, in Nottingham. A civil servant for many years, he gave it up to concentrate on a writing career. Apart from being a children's author, one of his great passions is history and in 2002 he published a biography of Sir John Franklin, the Arctic explorer. A committed Buddhist, he is interested in reading, sport, keep-fit and yoga. Martyn Beardsley is married with one daughter and a mad dog. Tony Ross is one of the most popular and successful of all children's illustrators, with many picture books to his name. He has also produced line drawings for many fiction titles.

Review:

"The chaotic adventures are a comic delight." Waterstone's Books Quarterly, Issue 12, 2004 "...a lively read that never dawdles, nor leaves any joke unmade...Tony Ross brings the story to life with his loose line drawings." Booktrusted News (Booktrust), Issue 8

About this edition

• Publisher: Orion Children's Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1842552740
• ISBN 13: 9781842552742
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96
• Illustrator: Ross Tony