Word Pirates* Format:Hardcover Your young readers will recognize

Your young readers will recognize themselves and their friends in both Naomis’ as the two girls continue to discover the power of family

Gus learns that Ida is very sick

and talking animals

Zelinsky has done a superb job in illustrated this scene from Five Children and it

12-year-old orphan Hugo Cabret lives in a forgotten room of a Paris train station in 1931

Word Pirates* Format:Hardcover Your young readers will recognizeCaptain Rottingbones and his crew arent like any pirates youve ever seen. They feast on words, using their flock of Bumblebirds to pillage the best and juiciest words from nearby towns. They devour long chewy words like antidisestablishmentarianism, and short crunchy words like pop and zip. They steal the words right off the writers page, right from the middle of stories. When Captain Rottingbones hears of a particular Word Wizard in New Zealand, he