Bad Pirate
Winters, Kari-Lynn. (April, 2015). Illustrated by Dean Griffiths. See the sequels, Good Pirate and Best Pirate.
Captain Garrick thinks there’s nothing as bad as a goodhearted pirate. Can his daughter prove him wrong?
Barnacle Garrick is bold and saucy and selfish. And for a pirate captain, that’s good, very good. And his crew are all scurvy sea dogs—selfish down to the last flea-bitten scuttle-butt. And that’s good too. But Augusta Garrick is shy, polite, and selfless. For a pirate, that’s bad, very bad. Despite her father’s horrible example, the sea pup can’t stop helping out. It just might take one terrible storm, a ripped sail, a missing peg leg and a panicked crew before Augusta can prove that being selfless is a bold and saucy move after all. And that’s good, very good indeed.
A rollicking tale peppered with pirate talk, Kari-Lynn Winters’ Bad Pirate is a story about being true to yourself, even if it means you must go against the pack. Dean Griffiths’ artwork glows with rich colours, fine detail and spot-on doggie characters. A scurvy delight. For landlubbers, the endpaper design includes a glossary of pirate and sailing terms.
32 pages
Published By Pajama Press
ISBN: 978-1-927485-71-2
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Awards
Nominated: B.C. Reader’s Choice Chocolate Lily Award, 2016
Winner: Ontario Library Association’s Rainforest of Reading Readers’ Choice Award for grades 3 and 4 (2016).