Lilly and the Pirates bookcover

Lilly and the Pirates

Phyllis Root 

(Author)

Rob Shepperson 

(Illustrator)

Rob Shepperson 

(Illustrator)
4.9/5.0
21,000+ Reviews
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Description

Lilly is a ten-year-old worrywart. To keep her concerns at bay, she diligently and fervently lists them in a worry book. Her globe-trotting scientist-parents don't worry about anything. When they learn of a rare sighting of the frangipani fruit fly, they set sail for the fabled Shipwreck Islands. Since water is her greatest fear, Lilly stays behind with her eccentric, librarian great-uncle. Then news comes that the scientists are shipwrecked, and Lilly must overcome her fear of the sea, find the hidden island, and outsmart a bunch of treasure-hungry pirates to save her parents. Rob Shepperson's detailed, action-packed pencil illustrations are as wonderfully good-humored as the story.

Product Details

PublisherAstra Young Readers
Publish DateSeptember 01, 2013
Pages180
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9781620910276
Dimensions7.6 X 5.3 X 0.5 inches | 0.5 pounds
BISAC Categories: Kids, Kids, Kids

About the Author

Phyllis Root has written many award-winning books for children, including Ten Sleepy Sheep, Oliver Finds His Way, One Duck Stuck, What Baby Wants, Rattletrap Car, and Big Momma Makes the World, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. She currently teaches in the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Hamline University. She lives in Minneapolis, MN.

Rob Shepperson has illustrated many children's books including Bugs by David L. Harrison and The Big House by Carolyn Coman. His droll editorial drawings appear regularly in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. He lives in Croton-on-Hudson, New York.

Reviews

* "[An] enjoyably preposterous, emotionally resonant, library-revering adventure." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"Many children will relate to this rather cozy adventure story and its lovably flawed heroine." --Booklist

"Full of adventure and questions of 'What next?'" --Library Media Connection

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