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The Word Pirates

Susan Cooper

Captain Rottingbones and his pirate crew eat words, so they raid books for fresh language and devour stories. Their theft reaches the Word Wizard, whose stories contain words the pirates want. The Wizard and the children she reads to resist the pirates’ attack on books. She treats words as belonging in stories and uses a powerful pen against the crew. Colored ink, pencil, watercolor, and acrylic illustrations accompany the tale.

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Themes
Adventure · Books And Reading · Fantasy And Magic · Writing And Storytelling
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Neal Porter Books
Published
September 24, 2019
Pages
40
ISBN-13
9780823443598
Language
English
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