Product Description

In this piratical picture book and story CD, Mrs. Abdul and the girls go off pirating for a week - and guess who's been left holding the baby? None other than the hairiest, scariest bunch of pirates ever to sail the seven seas. Captain Abdul and his fearsome crew must turn their hooks to babysitting, and soon The Golden Behind - a ship to strike fear into the bravest - is nothing more than a floating nursery! Ooharrgh!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #925403 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 48 pages

From Booklist
K-Gr. 3. Pirates are irresistible, and in McNaughton's third Captain Abdul adventure, they're particularly wonderful. When Captain Abdul's disgruntled wife leaves a treasure chest on board The Golden Behind, the crew is shocked to find Abdul's little son, the "treasure" of the title, hidden inside. With Abdul "sooperavizin'," babysitting quickly replaces the crew's more typical activities, and pretty soon the "hairy and scary" pirates warm to their task. They laugh at each of Little Treasure's antics, especially when he mispronounces dinner ("Swossages!"), and miss him mightily when he is gone, but everyone cheers up when all the pirate wives send their babies as replacements. The watercolor-and-ink pictures are scrumptious, all eye patches and wild hair, and there's lots of amusing, vernacular pirate talk ("Ooh-aargh, ye swabs!") to enliven read-alouds. Flourishes such as word-balloons, varied typefaces, and parodies of sea shanties and nursery rhymes add to the gleeful chaos. Pair this with Matthew McElligott's Blackbeard and the Birthday Suit (2006). GraceAnne DeCandido
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Review
"A wonderful, hilarious pirate book... A magical story that lets your imagination run wild." The Young Telegraph on Jolly Roger"

From the Publisher
The incorrigible Colin McNaughton sneaks a baby aboard a pirate ship with hilarious results in this kid-pleasing saga of pseudo-sword-fighting, smelly diapers, and hide-and-seek on the high seas. Ooh-argh, ha-har!

Customer Reviews

I don't get tired of hearing this and I'm an adult!
My 16 month and 3 year old love, love, love this book. When Little Treasure whoops "Swoosages" and the Pirates fall about laughing, so do they! It's a unique, witty book that my 3 year old repeats verbatum. The CD is 30 minutes long and instantly quiets them on trips. Highly recommended.

fantastic
My 5 1/2 yo daughter LOVES this book. She listens to the cd that came with it over and over for days now. Highly recommended!

Swossages!
My boys 3 and 6 LOVE this book. Some of the humor is a little off kilter and different but if you have boys or girls who enjoy that sort of thing, they will enjoy this book. It is about a pirate crew on the Golden Behind who find a "treasure" and take turns "babysitting" in some very interesting ways. I can always tell when my husband reads this bedtime story because I can hear them all laughing from the bedroom.
If you are experiencing bedtime book fatigue get this one and enjoy bedtime reading. Another good one is Skunks by David T. Greenberg. I still laugh when I read that one:)