From Our Editors
In an old-fashioned adventure tale, Lucy sets off on an adventure
to find her father, captured by pirates. Lucy and the
Pirates is a rollicking, rumbustious story set in the
18th century and will keep youngsters from five to 10 spell bound -
from the gorgeous cover to the touching finale. Artist
Mattilde Harrison captures each tiny detail in
paintings as complex as a Breughal painting, with dozens of figures
carefully rendered dancing the fandango and scraping barnacles from
the bottom of pirate ships. Lucy, the heroine, and her companion
runaway slave, Wilkins, perform feats of bravery and daring which
hold young readers rivited.
About the Author
Glen Petrie has published eleven novels. He lives in London with
his wife, Pat Petrie, and they have four children. Lucy and the
Pirates is his first book for children.
Matilda Harrison taught illustration at St. Martin''s School of
Art in London, England. She has illustrated a new version of Edward
Lear''s silly verses published by Bloomsbury Press, London.