Illustrated by Leslie Lammle
Rating: Recommended
HarperCollins, 2010, $16.99
ISBN: 978-0-06-1251948
Age Range: Ages 4-6
This simple rhyming book captures the fun of imaginative play. It's bedtime and three children and a dog turn into pirates on the hunt for treasure in a bed-boat. They barely escape with their lives when they meet up with unfriendly pirates and are hopelessly outnumbered. They outwit them by turning their torn sail into a ghost and scaring them off. This brave trio and dog can't escape Mama Nature's final call, so they land their ship and walk the plank to their beds and dream about buried treasure. The double spread watercolor illustrations are perfect with their dreamy quality and soft pastel colors.
Reviewer: Pat Campbell, OCPL/La Palma Branch
