Product Description

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. Oooh-argh, ha-har!

KABOOM! Who could be a-disturbin' Captain Abdul's beauty sleep firin' cannons? No, it's not an attack on his raucous pirate ship, The Golden Behind. It's a special delivery - a Little Treasure, to be exact, sent courtesy of Mrs. Abdul, who's off on a pirating jaunt of her own. Now Captain Abdul and his hairy, scary mates are expected to babysit! Will this be the ruin of their "repootashun" and make them the laughingstock of the pirate world?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1316549 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-06
• 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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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!

From the Author
COLIN McNAUGHTON: "Of all the books and characters I've created, the Captain Abdul stories are my favorite - the most fun to write and draw. One day I was out and about on the streets of London when I heard a mother refer to her son as `my little treasure,' and I thought, `Hmmm.' So the title of this book came first and the story, about fathers and sons, just flowed out. I enjoyed every minute of it - every scatchy hatchy pen-an-ink mark, every splash of watercolor, every `AVAST!,' every `OOOH-ARRGH!,' every last `HA-HAR!' I hope it shows."

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:)