A silly, gentle spoof of standard pirate fare.
The Robot and the Bluebird is another book that I liked more than the kids did. They liked the story, but you know, so much of the sentiment was lost on them. This is just a very soulful, sweet story, and the illustrations were kind of, I don't know, steampunk-ish, perhaps?
Halibut Jackson has some amazing suits.Edit (3/19/9) The first several times I saw images of the cover, even the first couple of times I saw it in life, I didn't get it. For some reason the title/cover combo made me think of baseball. It wasn't until I was returning the book that I even noticed Hali...